Wine Grower (2119)
The Chinese wine industry has been in the spotlight over the last 12 months with talk of plummeting sales amid President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft crackdown. But China still remains an important market for New Zealand wine producers.
Hard to believe it isn’t it, but Vintage 2015 is only a matter of four or so months away. We are all only just starting to sell the very early wines from the current vintage and the next one is just around the corner!
The International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration is only 14 months away, with the date set for early February 2016.
If Central Otago’s insanely beautiful landscape is not enough of a lure for wine media to the region, the annual Central Otago Pinot Noir Limited (COPNL) spring tasting most definitely is.
A small parcel of Te Muna land intended for olives, has turned into a trophy winning vineyard. Julicher Estate’s 2010 Pinot Noir was recently awarded Wine of the Year – Best in Show at the 2014 UK Sommelier Wine Awards in London.
Moana Park owner Dan Barker has turned a minus into a plus in making wine at his boutique winery in Hawke’s Bay.
One of Rory Grant’s earliest memories of biodynamic practices is his mother ordering his father to disrobe before entering the house after spraying his citrus orchard with “fish tea”.
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A new owner, new winemaker and new oak regime are heralding in a new wave of quality at Te Kairanga in Martinborough as Joelle Thomson discovers.
Villa Maria is very close to finalising plans for a $30m winery and vineyard development on its Te Awa site west of Hastings.
With close to 24,000 hectares of vineyards in Marlborough, the time is right to identify just what is planted, and where. That’s the view of Wine Marlborough’s GM Marcus Pickens and Cloudy Bay winemaker, Nick Lane.
Winegrowers need to ask themselves some hard questions at times, says the newly-elected president of Gisborne Winegrowers’ Association Al Knight.
