OPINION: There is a lot to like about Christmas. It is a time to open that special bottle of fizz that’s been waiting for a special occasion.

Andrea Martinisi trained as an electrician when he finished school, but had grown up with a passion for cooking, eating, drinking and theatre in his Italian hometown of Brufia, Umbria.

Studying primary industry business management amid the vines has piqued Phillip Dight’s interest in sustainable wine growing.

Sometimes you need to leave home to know what’s in your own backyard.

Lynnette Hudson is fresh off the plane from Austria when we speak, having run a Pinot Noir workshop and worked a sevenweek winemaking stint.

New Zealand's top young winemaker is planning to age Negroni - not wine - in the gleaming oak barrel that doubles as his trophy.

Geoff Wright always planned to produce organic wine, wanting to make the best product he could while protecting his soil, family, workers, and the next generation on the land.

Oliver Styles has a perfect foil for his working life as a wine writer and winemaker in Hawke's Bay.

OPINION: Winston Churchill said “the farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see”.

PhD student Sarah Manners has made it her mission to better understand the world of volatile sulphur compounds in winemaking.

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