The new GM of Marketing for New Zealand Winegrowers can’t help but laugh at how she used to consider anything to do with grapes, “such a drag.”

First he was the Central Otago representative at this year’s Bayer Young Viticulturist of the Year. Then he was the National winner. Now Simon Gourley is New Zealand’s Young Horticulturist of the year.

It was a case of family owned wineries taking out the top trophies at this year’s New Zealand Wine of the YearTM.

As New Zealand’s wine industry celebrates its 200th year, Dr Richard Smart provides us with a story that links New Zealand wine to the Vatican.

Two hundred years ago, the very first grape vines were planted into New Zealand soils by Reverend Samuel Marsden at the Church Mission Society in Kerikeri.

The past year has been a momentous one for our sector. For me the past 12 months has been marked by two stand out events.

The past 12 months have been full on for the New Zealand wine industry.

If A Seat at the Table hasn’t made it onto your must-see movie radar yet, it will.

Professor Warren Moran, a prominent geographer and thought-leader for the wine industry passed away on 13 August 2019.

It's okay to embrace wearing fragrances when tasting wine, despite what others say. Lee Suckling explains.

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