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Nina Downer, New Zealand Young Viticulturist of the Year 2024, will compete against the best in the field on 5-6 November, including national winners from the arborist, florist, plant producer, amenity, and grower sectors.
The waste-free Ripe Wanaka Wine and Food Festival won Sustainability Event of the Year at the New Zealand Events Association Awards this year, while Festival Director Nathan White was named Emerging Event Professional of the Year.
A New Zealand firm’s ice-free champagne cooler has hit Amazon’s number one seller position in its category across theUnited States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
The new Global Workforce Seasonal Visa will provide longer term certainty for wineries, says NZW Chief Executive Philip Gregan.
Craggy Range Restaurant’s Casey McDonald has been named Cuisine Chef of the Year 2025, in recognition of an “unwavering dedication to quality and sustainability”.
When Jim and Anne Jerram sold Ostler Wines in 2021, the couple welcomed the new owner’s connection to the Waitaki Valley, a wine region they, and Anne’s viticulturist and winemaker brother Jeff Sinnot, helped pioneer for 20 years.
Jim White has been elected to the New Zealand Winegrowers board following a levy class director by-election in July.
Jules Taylor Wines is partnering with World of Wearable Art (WOW), one of New Zealand’s premier events.
New Zealand’s largest wine producer has invested in one of the country’s most innovative wine companies.
Central Otago’s winegrowers are warning of major risks from a proposed open-pit goldmine in the Bendigo subregion.
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Over the past three years or so, the New Zealand Winegrowers Board has consulted with members on proposals to reform NZW with the simple goal of ensuring the future organisation is fit for purpose.
OPINION: New Zealand is the "last great bastion standing" when it comes to wine imports to the United States, wine-business analyst Rob McMillan told the New Zealand Wine 2025 Wine Business Forum in August.
Vaughn Bell on pest management, biosecurity, and some insights into the future of viticulture
Many regions have experienced a wet, cloudy and grey winter.
