La Niña weakened earlier this year, but never got knocked to the canvas.

When I first started researching the impacts of climate change on grape and wine production in 2008, sceptics questioned the greenhouse gas component of increasing temperatures.

As Marlborough matures as a wine growing region, there's been a shift in approach to crafting its globally renowned Sauvignon Blanc.

OPINION: The dinner party appeared to be successful.

OPINION: I have always regarded myself as a hedonist rather than a hoarder.

In November 2019 we promised ourselves we'd take it a bit slower in 2020, having had five overseas trips since the previous October - two to Aussie and three long hauls which included Hong Kong, Japan, China, USA, England, Russia, Italy, Ireland and Jersey, totaling four months on the road, phew.

Meet the regional finalists in the Corteva Young Viticulturist of the Year Competition, in the lead up to the National Final in Marlborough on August 30. The Central Otago final was held after this edition went to print, but the winner will be profiled in the October/November Winegrower Magazine.

Helen Masters’ clothes arrived on a bus to Martinborough three days after she did, having joined Ata Rangi in 1991.

Heather McPherson has been described as a Central Otago wine industry gem.

Eating sugary grape skins, straight from the press of a Gladstone winery, was a perfect precursor to Ben McNab’s wine career.

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