Abel’s Mark McGill, a Chardonnay champion of the Moutere Valley, looks back at a challenging season and “stellar” vintage.
Hawke’s Bay in 2025 could have provided the backdrop for a great spaghetti western “echoing the good, the bad, and the ugly”, says Brent Linn, founder of Wairiki Wines and Chief Executive of Hawke’s Bay Wine.
The 2025 season gleamed with silver linings, says Wilco Lam, winemaker at Oraterra and Chair of Wairarapa Winegrowers.
Matawhero Wines owner Kirsten Searle celebrated the pioneering winery’s 50th anniversary this year. Kirsten, who sits on the board of Gisborne Winegrowers, and has been part of the region’s wine industry since 2002, says some growers made tough decisions in 2025.
Peter Jones is Director at The Landing and past chair of Northland Winegrowers, with Kim Gilkinson, of Dancing Petrel, now in that role. He casts an eye on the highs and lows of the year.
Kumeu River Winemaker Michael Brajkovich reflects on the year, including the loss of industry icons Peter Babich, Tim Finn and Dr Richard Smart.
After record breaking cold for some regions at the start of 2025 (I'm looking at you Wairarapa), there has been a steady improvement in temperatures across the country through March, and then record-breaking warmth for many parts of New Zealand during April.
Impactful coverage continues to pop up from Pinot Noir New Zealand 2025, with pieces from international hosted guests at the event, who also spent time in our wine regions.
Marlborough grape growers Will and Jayne Grigg are "cautiously optimistic" about the future of the region's wine industry.
Nature has little regard for supply and demand equations, and there were abundant, high-quality crops for many around the country this harves. While the industry grapples with slowing markets, excess supply and uncertainty around trade barriers, Sophie Preece hears that vintage 2025 kicked off with perfect parcels of delicious fruit.
In the late 1970s, Ann Pinckney defied the prevailing view that Central Otago's climate was too extreme for viticulture, establishing its first commercial vines since Jean Désiré Féraud’s first efforts more than a century later.
The route to vintage seldom runs smooth, with the vagaries of nature and market dictating every turn. With a resplendent flowering talled by a gloomy summer, and some supply lines still in surplus, Sophie Preece learns that vintage 2025 will require careful navigation.
What an exciting year lies ahead, kicking off with high impact in mid-February, when we welcome our hosted guests for Pinot Noir New Zealand 2025 in Ōtautahi, Christchurch.
Te Kano Winemaker Dave Sutton looks at an excellent growing season against the pressure of competing land use.
Valli celebrated a quarter century of winemaking this year, with the release of its 25th Anniversary Pinot Noir, made in 2022. Jen Parr, who’s been Winemaker at Valli since 2015, reflects on a year of challenges, rewards and rousing community spirit.
Ed Donaldson is Marketing Manager for Pegasus Bay, which is owned and operated by his family, pioneers of the Canterbury wine region. Ed says it’s been a busy year with lots of travel and reestablishing international connections in a post-Covid world.
Slowing wine sales have impacts beyond growers and wineries. WineWorks Group Chief Executive Peter Crowe looks at some of those consequences.
The Yealands Sauvignon Blanc that won Champion Wine at the 2024 Marlborough Wine Show, sponsored by Quay Connect, was an “exceptional example” of the wine that put Marlborough on the map, says Chief Judge Stu Marfell.
On her return from Wine Spectator’s 43rd Annual New York Wine Experience, Greywacke Winemaker Richelle Tyney looks back at a busy year.
It's been 51 years since Hermann and Agnes Seifried planted vines in Nelson, establishing what is now the South Island's oldest wine producer. Their son Chris, who has spent his entire life navigating the vagaries of nature, markets and regulations, says excellent 2024 wines are welcome boost in tough times.
As Ata Rangi approaches 45 years of growing wine in Wairarapa, Winemaker Helen Masters explores some of the highs and lows of 2024, including "The Vintage" of the past 30 years.
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