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Te Mata vineyard manager Carl Gunderson has won the top prize in the BASF New Zealand AgriPhoto competition, with an image of handpicking fruit in Havelock Hills.
More than two decades after his first vintage as a cellar hand at Villa Maria, Dave Roper has been appointed Group Winemaker for Indevin, overseeing winemaking teams in Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, and Marlborough.
Marlborough wine producer Lawson's Dry Hills has become B Corp Certified.
New Zealand wine enjoyed a white Christmas this year, as country-of-origin leader in the United Kingdom's Still White Wine Category.
This year Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand celebrates 30 years since the industry made a commitment to protecting the places that make its famous wines.
Repost is set to hit the million-post mark in 2025, having processed more than 787,500 posts from vineyards.
Wairarapa wine producer Urlar has completed an extension to its winery, with larger red and white fermentation halls, a dedicated press hall, offices, laboratory testing, a cellar door and tasting room with lounge and dining spaces, and a commercial kitchen and supporting amenities.
Organising a premium Pinot Noir conference against the backdrop of an economic downturn and the decline in global wine sales is a tough business.
OPINION: The New Year is well underway, and in January the first grapes of the new vintage were harvested in Northland. So, another year begins.
OPINION: A common refrain last year was 'survive 'til 25', including from those in New Zealand's wine industry facing rising costs, surplus wine and sluggish export sales.
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After a fairly typical first half of spring there has been a noticeable change in the weather across much of New Zealand.
Following 2023's inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium, Hawke's Bay Winegrowers expanded this year's event to two days of discussions and tastings centred on 'Sense of Place', the environmental and cultural landscapes that shape wine.
OPINION: I didn't know what was in the glass when it was handed to me, but I knew it was something special as soon as I smelt it.
OPINION: Whenever I present Te Mata's wines into markets, I often begin by saying that our winery's story is a weird one.
