New Zealand is an idyllic landscape associated with glaciated grandeur, full-throttled adventure, and hobbits . I certainly never connected the islands with whisky before my first visit in 2018, which seems odd in retrospect. As I worked my way south through the country, I encountered a climate and terrain largely reminiscent of Scotland. Nostalgia for that familiar environment hit its peak as I drove through the corrugated green earth of the South Island’s Crown Range. Sheep-studded pa...
