Scout sources fruit from two wine territories – the South Island and South Australia - to create small batch wines.

Wine has been a supporting act in much of Sophie Parker-Thomson’s life, but the Master of Wine credits a dinner out in Dunedin as making it centre stage.

Growing up on a Pukekohe lifestyle block, a young Matt Lancaster loved watching big tractors drive past.

Marlburians Jules Taylor and Ben Glover, and North Canterbury winegrowing couple Marcel Giesen and Sherwyn Veldhuizen, took out the titles in Gourmet Traveller Wine’s 2021 New Zealand Awards.

On a small vineyard in a quiet valley, a young couple is growing hope.

Getting science to work in the field requires some give and take, says Bragato Research Institute viticulture extension and research manager Len Ibbotson.

From studying banana plantlets in Cameroon to barley in Australia, Paul Epee has long been fascinated by agriculture and improving production.

Wine companies will soon be able to use artificial intelligence to count inflorescence, with a research prototype to be trialled in Marlborough later this year.
Felton Road Wines is restoring native plantings on public land near its Bannockburn estate, with Winemaker Blair Walter hopeful other businesses will get on board.
Delving into organics and regenerative agriculture has renewed Kurt Robinson’s passion for viticulture.
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