Marlborough's Te Pā Family Vineyards was a finalist in the Best Medium Business category and the Māori Excellence in Export category at the New Zealand International Business Awards, with Invivo in the running for the Excellence in Brand Storytelling category.
The Marlborough-based Village to Village Charitable Trust is supporting UNICEF Aotearoa to help deliver lifechanging initiatives across communities in the Pacific Islands.
Terra Sancta's Mysterious Diggings Pinot Noir 2024 has been named No. 4 in James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of the World 2025.
More than 50 wineries and food producers are on show at Blenheim's new Wine + Food Experience Marlborough.
Twenty years after Marcus Wickham became the inaugural New Zealand Young Viticulturust of the Year, his family company, Ormond Nurseries, has become the naming sponsor of the event.
The Rapaura Springs Bouldevines Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2024 won QuayConnect Champion Wine of the Show at the 2025 Marlborough Wine Show, sponsored by QuayConnect.
Vilaura won Champion Wine of the Show at the 2025 National Wine Awards of Aotearoa New Zealand, with the Hawke's Bay Blanc de Blanc 2021.
New Zealand Winegrowers Biosecurity Advisor Jim Herdman is retiring at the end of 2025, after six years helping develop NZW's member-facing biosecurity programme, putting together resources and guides, and delivering high-quality workshops and advice.

The end of the year is fast approaching, so here are some thoughts on a few of the significant developments during 2025 to wrap things up. Times are tough, of course, but there are some positive stories to think about, as well as the challenges.

OPINION: When I moved to Marlborough two decades ago, I found countless lines of tidy vines, neatly mowed and carefully sprayed, with diligent conventional practices interspersed with the odd organic or cover-cropping outlier, like Te Whare Ra.

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