Wine with Leslie: New Zealand wines that mum would love for Mother's Day Look to New Zealand's cool regions for a wine for cool mums Wine-tasting on Waiheke Island, Auckland. New Zealand is a small producer in world terms but their impact on the wine world has been huge. Fri, 12 Mar, 2021 - 08:30 Leslie Williams Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and if I was to pick any wine to please a random Irish Mammy I think I would choose New Zealand. New Zealand has been on my mind a lot of late: in part because they seem to be about the only country that has competently dealt with Covid thanks largely to their smart, competent and compassionate Prime Minister — who wouldn’t want Jacinda Ardern as their leader (or in fact their mammy!).