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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.
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.
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.
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…
For a man who co-founded the world's largest wine competition, Charles Metcalfe had a relatively easy task at hand as part of the senior judging panel at this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
If there is one man in the country that knows all there is to know about the Air New Zealand Wine Show – it's Mark Compton, who has been involved for every one of the past 25 years. He was an Associate Judge back in 1987 and 25 years later,…
The New Zealand Dollar has been New Zealand's domestic currency since a switch from the Pound in July 1967. Initially its value was pegged to the movements of the US Dollar; however on the 4th March 1985 the Kiwi was set free and entered the open market at a value…
While no figures are available in New Zealand, the cost of vine trunk disease in California alone is estimated at US$260 million a year. Given diseases such as Eutypa Dieback and Botryospaeria are found throughout New Zealand, it is reasonable to assume that the diseases are equally costly to our…
It has become a tradition established by Terry Dunleavy, to honour someone or something within the wine indsutry for their commitment and dedication to the betterment of New Zealand Wine.
