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Cellar Doors
NZW has welcomed the success of The Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Cellar Door Tasting) Amendment Bill, proposed by Stuart Smith MP, which passed its first reading with broad support from across...
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Vine to Wine
Bragato Research Institute (BRI) has announced a joint event collaboration with WinePRO. The international trade event, to run from 25 to 27 June 2024 in Blenheim, will showcase new products and...
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Wine People
The founders of a new wine internship hope to kickstart careers in Marlborough this summer, offering work and training from vines to wines, logistics to cellar doors. Wine People co-owner Tayla Walker...
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Repurposing Grape Marc
Grape marc from New Zealand's wine industry is set to be transformed into high-value products in a $9.8 million project led by the University of Auckland. The stems, skins and seeds left over from...
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Upcoming events
Chardonnay Symposium 5-6 October hawkesbaywine.co.nz/symposium Wine writer Christina Pickard, Elizabeth Kelly MW, and Emma Jenkins MW are three of the speakers at the inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand...
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Wine Business Forum
The New Zealand Winegrowers Wine Business Forum will focus on the importance of brand, and has been designed to inform, connect and inspire those with a connection to our wine sector. Experts at the...
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Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemaker of the Year
Alun Kilby has been "inundated with opportunities" since he won Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemaker of the Year last year. "It has helped me with continuing with my professional growth and also...
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Pinot Noir NZ
With a date set for Pinot Noir New Zealand 2025, to be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch in February 2025, Committee Chair Michael Henley MW gives us a taste of what's to come. Save the date for... 11-13...
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Hemp Study: Vineyard cover crop works well
A study of hemp growing between the rows in New Zealand vineyards shows “exciting” results that the hemp beneficially affects soils and wines. The research, carried out over three years in Marlborough...
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The Z-Files: Zeroing in on Zoomers
Generation Z are less inclined to drink wine than other generational cohorts, with beer and ready-to-drink beverages grabbing more of the market share. That’s one of the findings of new research by...
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Wine Clips: Kiwi innovation bearing fruit
A Kiwi-designed biodegradable vine clip is hitting the export market, fuelled by demand for more sustainable vineyard practices. PolyNatural vine clips were created through a research partnership...
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Oz Clarke Q&A
Oz Clarke - wine expert, author, TV presenter, thespian, theologian, singer, and cyclist - was inducted to the New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2016 in recognition of his extraordinary advocacy for this...
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Celebrating Diversity: Growing an inclusive culture at Constellation
A focus on company culture is helping grow diversity, gender and inclusion at Constellation Brands New Zealand, building an environment “where women can thrive”. The company received a Medium to Large...
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Socially Good Wine
A Marlborough wine label created for the community is looking to grow its impact. Borough was founded in Marlborough in 2020 by Socially Good Enterprises (SGE), tapping into the generosity of grape...
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Ata Rangi tasting room
Ata Rangi's beautiful tasting room has won the Hospitality award at the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. Designed by Makers of Architecture, the stunning building emerges like a...
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Chardonnay Symposium
The inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium traversed the practical and theoretical, writes Emma Jenkins MW in this edition. The October event was organised by Hawke's Bay Winegrowers, New...
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Black Estate
Black Estate has won the Supreme Establishment Award at the Canterbury Hospitality Awards, following hard on the heels of the Cuisine Good Food Awards, where it took two hats and Winery Restaurant of...
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National Wine Awards
A Marlborough Pinot Noir took top honours at the National Wine Awards of Aotearoa New Zealand, while a Martinborough wine seized the Sauvignon Blanc trophy. Saint Clair Pioneer Block 5 Bull Block Pinot...
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The Southern Pinot Noir Workshop is a unique opportunity to learn from experts, confer with peers, and discuss topical issues that affect New Zealand’s wine industry. One of the highlights of the...
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Reducing wildfire risk
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is reminding winegrowers to be prepared for the potential risks associated with a return to "normal" fire season. Wildfire Investigator Jeff White says many of New...
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Wine Guardian
Sir George Fistonich's new winery pays homage to the Croatian wine and viticultural pioneers who helped shape New Zealand's wine story. Čuvar (pronounced chu-var) translates to 'guardian' in Croatian,...
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Upcoming events
South Island Wine & Food Festival 2 Dec winefestival.co.nz An unforgettable day of great wine, delicious eats, and live music in Hagley Park, Christchurch. Oxin Field Day 16 January oxin.nz Grape...
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Pinot Noir NZ
Pinot Noir New Zealand 2025 will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch on 11 to 13 February 2025. Committee member Anna Flowerday gives us a taste of what's to come. I am... Co-owner and Winemaker at Te...
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Consumers care less than you think
One of the biggest mistakes wine marketers make is in assuming consumers are as passionate and knowledgeable about wine as they are. That was one of the key messages from wine business strategist Lulie...
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Business Forum: Good timing for industry brand aid
The Wine Business Forum provided timely discussions as wine companies face market headwinds in New Zealand and abroad. "While not the perfect antidote for tough times (which they really are) it did...
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Export Update
Several factors are playing into a slowdown in New Zealand wine exports, including bumper sales in 2020, a light vintage in 2021, and pipeline refilling in 2022. In an email to members in mid-October,...
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Celebrating something Altogether Unique
New Zealand's wine industry celebrated its legends, its achievements, its resilience, and its potential at an industry celebration in Christchurch on 1 November. Altogether Unique - A Celebration saw...
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Haere Ra 2023: Auckland, Tamaki Makaurau
Following one of the toughest vintages Auckland has experienced, Soljans Estate Vineyard Manager Tai Nelson was named New Zealand's 2023 Young Viticulturist of the Year. He shares some of the highs and...
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Sparkling growth a threat and opportunity
Sparkling wine is no longer tethered to formality and festivities, with consumers increasingly popping the cork for a quiet drink after work or a wine match with a casual dinner. An IWSR (International...
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Spring bottling at Quartz Reef
Rudi Bauer is mid-tirage when we talk, using spring's settled weather to bottle méthode traditionelle. "Tirage for me is more stressful than harvest," says the Bendigo winegrowing pioneer, whose Quartz...
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A bright future for New Zealand sparkling wine
Pernod Ricard's sparkling production in Marlborough has almost doubled in the past five years, with some Sauvignon Blanc blocks now being redeveloped to help fill demand. “From our perspective, the...
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Ten years of Méthode Marlborough
New Zealand wine enthusiasts have a deepening understanding and growing appreciation of sparkling wine, says Mel Skinner, Chair of Méthode Marlborough and co-owner of Esse in Kaikōura. "Whilst people...
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A family commitment to Marlborough méthode
When Daniel Le Brun first visited Marlborough in 1978, he was determined it was the Antipodean answer to Champagne. “I knew the moment I arrived,” says the owner and winemaker at No.1 Family Estate....
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Black Estate - a seasoned offering
Nicholas Brown has long had a penchant for sparkling wine. “It was always my intention to make a methodé traditional one day but an ancestral or pét nat seemed like a good first step because of its...
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Tettonica - sparkling on arrival
Bec Norton and Aaron Zuccaro established Tettonica with a “desire to produce wines of distinction”. With a shared passion for wine making and hospitality, they recognised pét nat as an exciting style...
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Lindauer Prosecco - an Italian partnership
“When you look at the sparkling wine sector, Prosecco has been a clear leader for growth,” says Lindauer Prosecco winemaker Jane De Witt. Lion, which owns Lindauer, was eager to tap into that...
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Balvonie Prosecco - giving it a nudge
“Why not?” responds Ben McLauchlan when asked about planting Glera for Prosecco on his Marlborough vineyard, Balvonie. “Helen and I like to try new things.” The couple weren’t deterred by being some of...
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Press hunt
A Thames woman with deep winemaking roots is trying to track down the old family wine press from Golden Valley Wines. Lorenza Devcich from the Devcich Historic Farmstead in the Kauaeranga Valley says...
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BRI Update
Bragato Research Institute (BRI) has announced three new board appointments, following the departure of directors Dr Di McCarthy and Professor Charlie Eason, who stood down in 2023. Emma Taylor is a...
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The Blind Tasting
Following each New Zealand Winegrowers Blind Tasting, Lead Panellist Emma Jenkins MW produces a Varietal Summary doument detailing the 'state of play' across our varieties - encompassing varietal...
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Sustainability Success
Taking two sustainability awards at two events on a single evening felt like "true recognition" of the work Lawson's Dry Hills has done for more than a decade, says General Manager Sion Barnsley. "It's...
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Constance
Hastings Distillers' new aperitif, Constance, is a nod to its French counterpart, Lillet, but made from Hawke's Bay wine and organically grown botanicals. The distillery founders, Kate Galloway and her...
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Lifetime Achievement
A truckdriver, a journalist and two winemakers were presented Wine Marlborough Lifetime Achievement Awards at a celebration dinner in Blenheim late last year. Murray Gibbons, Tessa Anderson, James...
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Vine to Wine
Emerging innovations in the wine industry will be on show at the WinePro international trade event to be held in Blenheim from 25 to 27 June 2024. In this month’s Point of View Tracy Atkin talks of the...
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Valli Wine Bar
Valli Wines has been growing grapes and making wine in Otago for a quarter of a century, but the Valli Wine Bar recently opened in Kurow by Grant Taylor and Nicole Schofield is the company's first...
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OIV Chief
The OIV's 100th year is an opportunity to celebrate a century of achievements, raise the OIV's profile, and "look forward to the next 100 years and beyond," said Dr John Barker, in his first official...
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Pinot Noir NZ
Pinot Noir New Zealand 2025 will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch on 11 to 13 February 2025. Committee member Philippa Fourbet gives us a taste of what’s to come. I am... founder of Domaine Rewa and...
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Evolutions and revolutions
As grapes ripen at Domaine Thomson this season, a laser will flash green bird-scaring beams in a pattern across the vines. The laser covers 8 hectares of vines at this small organic Central Otago...
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Wine to the People
Puffin wine bar, tucked away in Wellington’s Ghuznee Street, champions some of New Zealand’s smallest biodynamic and organic winegrowers. In the lead up to its second Superwild event on 17 February,...
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Annual Report
NZW's latest Annual Report shows an outlook of renewed certainty and confidence, after two years of Covid-chaos. An improved harvest, accessible markets, and consumers demanding more New Zealand wine...
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