As you may have noticed, the daylight hours are lengthening and there are rumours spring is upon us.

It's a bitter blow as Cantabrians toiling to clean up after Saturday's quake now face a potential shortage of Canterbury Draught beer.

The parents of a teen believed to have supplied the vodka involved in King's College student James Webster's binge-drinking death have been labelled "bankrupt of any morality".

Auckland mayor John Banks' son was among a group of young people who "egged on" schoolmate James Webster to keep drinking.

China is now our wine industry's fastest-growing export market.

There has been mixed reaction to the Government's proposed changes to liquor laws, but most Herald readers say more needs to be done.

A raft of proposed changes to liquor laws are aiming to reduce harm to young people while leaving "responsible NZers" free to make their own decisions about the way they drink.

A raise in the drinking age would be ineffective and counterproductive, and discriminate unfairly against young people.

Local communities will set the trading hours for liquor outlets in their areas under plans expected to be announced today.

Few spirits have the romance, the history and the sheer brilliance of whisky.

There is compelling evidence that increasing the legal alcohol purchasing age reduces harm and saves lives, a US professor has told MPs.

I had a wonderful experience recently when I attended a tasting of Hallertau's beers at a rather salubrious Mt Eden hostelry.