Natalie Potts is leaving New Zealand Winegrowers after eight years working across Asian markets. In this Winegrower Magazine Q&A, she gives some insights into how these markets have changed, and what's in store for New Zealand wine in China.
The end of the New Zealand Wine of the Year competition heralds the beginning of "a broader celebration of excellence across our industry", says New Zealand Winegrowers General Manager Marketing Charlotte Read.
Tohu Wines has won a Best in Show award at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2021, for its Whenua Matua Chardonnay 2018, a single-vineyard wine grown in the clay soils of Tasman's Upper Moutere region.
One of New Zealand's first Auckland-based wine commentators, Michael Brett, was inducted to the New Zealand Wine Hall of Fame at the Royal Easter Show Wine Awards this year.
After many months of video calls on small laptop screens, Graham Norton and Invivo Co-founders, Tim Lightbourne and Rob Cameron used Eden Park Stadium's big screen to blend their new vintage of wine together.
The 2021 Women in Wine New Zealand Mentoring Programme kicked off at the end of June with 11 wine-industry stalwarts mentoring 11 up-and-coming women working in the New Zealand wine industry.