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If Sherwyn Veldhuizen didn’t love her day job so much, the North Canterbury winegrower might spend all her time farming fungi.
Scientific testing around the anecdotal claims of regenerative agriculture is “urgently required”, according to a new report.
Pete Chapman loves to see an abundance of cherries at his family’s North Canterbury vineyard.
New Zealand’s wine industry is “waking up” to the power of nature’s services, says entomologist and virologist Vaughn Bell.
Robert Holdaway sees science at work when he harvests a salad for dinner, plucking rocket, spinach and beetroot leaves from his Lower Wairau Vineyards.
Growing great grapes at Greystone is “an evolution not a revolution”, says General Manager Nick Gill from amidst a grassy sward.
The academic who helped seed enthusiasm for undervine cover crops in New Zealand has left a legacy of biodiversity in vineyards.
When Bart Arnst first came to Marlborough in 1994, he found vineyards akin to a cricket pitch, with neatly mown rows of grass and headlands.
Jason Flowerday likes to think outside the box when looking inside the rows at Te Whare Ra.
An early grape harvest means Marlborough pruning is likely to begin in April, with a late finish to extend the work window, says grape grower Guy Lissaman, chair of the Marlborough Labour Governance Group
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Grape yields across the country have taken a hit from poor flowering, but growers and winemakers are welcoming beautiful fruit and a kind ripening season.
At 5forests, we spend a lot of time looking at websites - cheap, expensive, DIY, custom - from all around the world.
A selection of New Zealand's most exciting wine research will be presented at the upcoming Grape Days events around the country.
MJ Loza has resigned his role as chief executive of the Bragato Research Institute (BRI), to move back into the industry.
