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Spill at Speights Brewery now cleared

Chemical spill at Speights brewery

Foster's Group loses taste for wine after profits droop 12pc

Sweet taste of success and the bitter truth

Liqueurs - even the name sounds thick, rich and sweet. But are they glutinous, fruit-based sugar syrups, or is there something a bit more to them? Well, of course there is.

Alcohol bottles recalled

Bearing fruit

It used to be deeply naff, drunk only by teens and maybe your nana; so how did cider get its fizz back to be the drink of the summer, asks Nicky Pellegrino.

A Cock & Bull story

The more breweries I visit the more I realise just how good New Zealand beers have become over the years.

Open up and say 'Aarrrr! Shiver me timbers'

I managed to spend some time on Waiheke Island over the break, soaking up the sun and catching up with friends.

'Speed drinking' Hamilton bar loses appeal

Booze sold to 15-year-old girl in sting

A 15-year-old girl bought alcohol from a Mt Maunganui bar during a police operation at the weekend.

Beer ad hard to swallow

An ad campaign that describes how brewing magnate Morton Coutts was inspired to create DB Export has been dismissed as a "figment of an ad man's hangover" by writers and historians.

Become a master of mixology in the comfort of home

It's hard to beat a good cocktail and with more people entertaining at home these days, they're not just making a comeback in the bars.

Wine: From small seeds

Despite being enveloped in the bosom of one of the world's largest wine conglomerates, Selaks still holds a sentimental place in the hearts and minds of the New Zealand wine-buying public.

Twelve days to sample the festive spirit

'Tis the season to try new wine varietals or labels. And think beyond your Christmas dinner to all those parties and post-Christmas barbies.

Getting reaquainted with some old friends

This warm weather has been a bit of mixed blessing for me. On one hand, it's a great incentive to bask in the sun with a few beers, but then I start worrying about melanoma.

Wine sector warned of oversupply