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A quiet revolution is underway in New Zealand vineyards, and Marlborough’s Matua Wines is on the leading edge.
Developing Cloudy Bay's autonomous vineyard tractor has been a "dream experience" for Murray Faber, who began the project with a pile of scrap metal in the depths of Covid-19.
As grapes ripen at Domaine Thomson this season, a laser will flash green bird-scaring beams in a pattern across the vines.
Emerging innovations in the wine industry will be on show at the WinePro international trade event to be held in Blenheim from 25 to 27 June 2024.
In November last year, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise ran a webinar on wine market opportunities in Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Kylie Archer, Trade Commissioner Japan, offers some insights into these three markets, now and into the future.
Pinot Noir New Zealand 2025 will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch on 11 to 13 February 2025. Committee member Philippa Fourbet gives us a taste of what’s to come.
Telling the New Zealand Wine brand story, and what makes it truly unique and distinctive on the world stage, has been a key focus over the past year.
Rosé Day
The OIV's 100th year is an opportunity to celebrate a century of achievements, raise the OIV's profile, and "look forward to the next 100 years and beyond," said Dr John Barker, in his first official act as the organisation's new Director General.
Valli Wines has been growing grapes and making wine in Otago for a quarter of a century, but the Valli Wine Bar recently opened in Kurow by Grant Taylor and Nicole Schofield is the company's first self-owned public face.
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A truckdriver, a journalist and two winemakers were presented Wine Marlborough Lifetime Achievement Awards at a celebration dinner in Blenheim late last year.
Hastings Distillers' new aperitif, Constance, is a nod to its French counterpart, Lillet, but made from Hawke's Bay wine and organically grown botanicals.
Taking two sustainability awards at two events on a single evening felt like "true recognition" of the work Lawson's Dry Hills has done for more than a decade, says General Manager Sion Barnsley.
Following each New Zealand Winegrowers Blind Tasting, Lead Panellist Emma Jenkins MW produces a Varietal Summary doument detailing the 'state of play' across our varieties - encompassing varietal development and trends, as well as regional, subregional, vintage and stylistic themes.
