Wine Grower (2130)
Summer 2023 will live long in the memories of growers and wineries in the North Island, with record rainfall in several regions making for a very challenging season.
Going, going, gone. It's perhaps an apt phrase for some of those amid the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle in February, such as Philip Barber of Petane as he watched his steel tractor shed rip apart and its tractors float away.
OPINION: My house overlooks Auckland harbour and the CBD.
OPINION: Flicking through the fourth edition of the Oxford Companion to Wine (OCW) I came across a word that neither I nor my spell-checker were familiar with.
OPINION: Kingsley Wood, owner of First Glass Wines & Spirits in Takapuna, is a man of habit.
It's almost Christmas Eve when I finally manage to catch up with Bart Arnst, who's been busy in vineyards all over the country.
It's November 2019, and London-based Kiwi hospitality champion Melanie Brown is thrilled to achieve her dream of opening her own restaurant and wine shop.
Rootstocks are an essential but poorly understood component of winegrowing in New Zealand.
Longer-lived vines and healthier welds are two of the benefits growers can expect from the practice of field grafting, according to French experts Worldwide Vineyards.
With roughly 72,000 tons of grapes dropped from New Zealand vineyards each summer, the wine industry could be tapping into a verjuice income stream, says a sensory expert.
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Small autonomous robots are being trialled as bird deterrents across Marlborough this growing season as the developer looks to demonstrate their utility in the role.
When findings from the New Zealand Winegrowers Pinot Noir project suggested the term ‘green/herbaceous’ could have negative quality associations, there was a call for investigation into the ambiguous description.
Two hours and a climatic chasm from Central Otago, Waitaki has a its own place in the tapestry of New Zealand wine.
Central Otago has enjoyed “almost picture perfect” vintages in recent years, and 2023 is shaping up to be another, says Viticulturist Timbo Deaker.
