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New Zealand’s Consul General and Trade Commissioner in Guangzhou believes the more you learn about China, the more you discover you don’t know. Pat English says it’s important for any wine company wanting to develop that market, to understand it is evolving a lightening speed.

Sub Regional Break Down

Central Otago is classed as a semi-arid climate, with summer and winter extremes. Tucked in behind one of the world’s most protective rain shadows, the rainfall of the region (or lack thereof) is in stark contrast to the massive falls that inundate the Southern Alps and West Coast, not 50km…

Mechanical Thinning

Three and a half years of trials into the impact of mechanical thinning on grapes funded by New Zealand Winegrowers, has thrown up some interesting results. One of the major ones being, that mechanical thinning appears to reduce the incidence of botrytis – which long term could be a major…

Vintage Update

It could well go down as the summer that never took place. The 2012 vintage has been affected by cooler than average temperatures and unseasonal conditions that have affected more than one wine growing region.

Golden Bay

Tucked away in the top north-west corner of the South Island the stunningly scenic Golden Bay area is home to three wineries. While part of the wider Nelson region, Golden Bay has slipped under the radar from a winemaking point of view. However when you look at the climate and…

Mr Gimblett Gravels

Abloke not given to self-promotion, Phil Holden says he is called Mr Gimblett Gravels – a well-deserved moniker given the many trophy-winning wines this Villa Maria vineyard manager has grown on the group's sites just west of Hastings.

Martinborough founder retires

The silence from the New Zealand wine industry was deafening when Neil McCallum (of Dry River Wines) planted the first grapes in Martinborough, in 1980.

research update

With wineries placing strict yield limits on crops throughout New Zealand, the need to be able to control growth, without breaking the bank, is becoming more important.

breaking down hawkes bay

While Hawkes Bay has a long winemaking tradition, it has only been over the last few decades that its ability to grow a wide range of wine styles from an array of microclimates and soil types has been better understood.

Do we stack up?

With a scheme dating from mid-nineties and now covering over 95% of our vineyard area, New Zealand has largely been ahead of the pack when it comes to sustainable winegrowing. However, as New World competitors such as Chile and South Africa instate their own environmental programmes, the gap is starting…

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Sunny Nelson Experiences Wettest December

While heavy rain and flooding in Nelson just before Christmas last year was headline news, the impact on the wine grape growing sector has not been widely reported.

2012 – what lies ahead?

There are three aspects of any vintage that are of compelling interest to the industry –quality, size and the price of grapes. The recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Strategic Review re-emphasised the importance of the focus of the industry on quality wine production. To the extent quality is weather dependent, let's hope that the next 6-16 weeks delivers a typical NZ summer and autumn.

The Importance of the Grafted Grapevine Standard

Traceability of New Zealand wine is an important marketing tool, which should cover every aspect from the vines, through to the bottled product. It is a process that New Zealand Winegrowers has worked hard to develop, through programmes such as Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand.

Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair

When the Hong Kong government dropped all taxes on the importation of wine in 2008, it opened the doors to every wine producing nation in the world. In the first eight months of this year, the country imported US$857 million dollars worth of wine. More importantly, it exported $191 million…

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