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The Real Review crowns Felton Road NZ Winery of the Year
The Real Review has ranked the top wineries of New Zealand, crowing Felton Road as its Winery of the Year New Zealand 2024…
Expert line-up for WinePro in Blenheim
A wide range of industry experts feature in the conference programme for major wine industry event WinePro in Blenheim…
Top international honour for Michael Brajkovich MW
Michael Brajkovich of Kumeu River Wines has been honoured as the 2024 Winemakers’ Winemaker at ProWein in Germany...
High hopes for Wairarapa vintage 2024
There are predictions that this year’s vintage in the Wairarapa will be one of the best ever after near perfect conditions in the lead-up to harvest…
Indevin confirms bottling shift to WineWorks
Indevin Group has confirmed plans to transition its New Zealand bottling operations to third-party partner, WineWorks…
New Cellar Master at Maison Mumm
Maison Mumm has announced its new Cellar Master as Yann Munier, who will take up the role in April this year…
Call for National Wine Museum in New Zealand
New Zealand wine writer John Saker has called for the creation of a National Wine Museum…
Winners of the Marlborough Wine Show
Isabel Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021 has been named the Champion Wine of the 2023 Marlborough Wine Show…
Alena Kamper wins Young Winemaker of the Year
Alena Kamper from Sacred Hill in Hawke’s Bay has been named the 2023 Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemaker of the Year...
Pick of the bunch at the Marlborough Wine Show
More than 550 entries were assessed for this year’s Marlborough Wine Show, with the panel of 17 judges awarding 46 Golds to wines of all varieties from across Marlborough’s subregions…
Alena Kamper wins 2023 North Island Young Winemaker
Alena Kamper from Sacred Hill in Hawke’s Bay has won the title of 2023 Tonnellerie de Mercurey North Island Young Winemaker of the Year…
2023 Young Winemaker competitions underway
The 2023 Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemaker of the Year competitions are underway with events being held around the country…
Indevin Group announces new CEO
Indevin Group, New Zealand's largest wine producer and exporter and owner of the Villa Maria brand, has announced that Silver Fern Farms CEO, Simon Limmer will replace Duncan McFarlane in early 2024…
Tai Nelson wins Young Vit 2023
Tai Nelson from Soljans Estate in Kumeu, Auckland has won the title of New Zealand Young Viticulturist of the Year 2023…
Industry slams passing of Alcohol Amendment Bill
Major industry groups have expressed their shock and dismay at the passing of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill…
Entry reminder for NZIWS
Entries for the New Zealand International Wine Show are open until Friday 1 September…
Rippon named in World’s Best Vineyards 2023
Central Otago winery Rippon has been recognised as one of the best in the world, placing 11th in the World’s Best Vineyards list for 2023…
2023 NZ vintage down, but wine exports up 25%
Strong export value and increasing international demand will help support further export growth despite a challenging season, says New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW)…
Yealands Chief Winemaker wins top trophy at IWC
Yealands Wines Chief Winemaker Natalie Christensen has won the coveted White Winemaker of the Year Trophy at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) awards ceremony in London…
Entries open for NZIWS
Entries are now open for the New Zealand International Wine Show – the largest wine judging competition in the country and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere…