Wine Grower (2231)
A very wet winter and spring in Auckland vineyards was relieved by a spell of fine weather at Christmas, drying everything out.
Northland has had a wet and challenging season, requiring a vigilant spray programme and plenty of work to keep grass and canopies under control.
New Zealand Winegrowers launched its new brand platform in January, having defined the brand essence of New Zealand Wine and devised a new visual identity to accompany it.
The eighth annual New Zealand Rosé Day on 5 February will celebrate New Zealand’s fastest growing wine style in the height of summer, with wineries, retailers, and restaurants thinking pink.
Marlborough Wine & Food Festival
Marlborough's inaugural Climate Action Week, to be held from 13 to 17 February, has been designed to grow awareness and knowledge about lowering carbon emissions for a climate positive future, says organiser Catherine van der Meulen.
Yealands Wine Group has launched an award-winning 30-year Biodiversity Plan, which will see around 270 hectares planted in natives at its vineyard in Marlborough's Awatere Valley.
Babich Wines is sponsoring the Sustainable Coastlines Trust to support communities around New Zealand to clean and protect local beaches and waterways.
Mission Estate Winery was awarded New Zealand’s only Syrah Masters medal in the 2022 Global Syrah Masters, for its 2019 Mission Huchet Syrah from the Gimblett Gravels in Hawke’s Bay.
Bryn Craddock, a third year Bachelor of Viticulture and Wine Science student at EIT|Te Pūkenga, was named as Hawke’s Bay A&P Society & Craggy Range Young Vintner of the Year for 2022.
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Church Road Chief Winemaker Chris Scott was named New Zealand Winemaker of the Year at the Winestate Wine of the Year Awards, taking the title for the fifth time.
New Zealand agritech startup Cropsy Technologies is leading a $1.3 million project to help growers identify and replace grapevines that are missing, dead, dying or otherwise unproductive.
For many growers and wineries, the past three years have all been about getting through the immediate challenges associated with the Covid-19 pandemic.
This long lean country, with its fringe of beaches, spine of mountains and korowai of cloud, is altogether unique.
