The winemaker's art is not just choosing the best grapes but blending them skilfully to achieve complexity in the wine.

It had been a while since I'd tried any Renaissance beers, until I was prompted to do so by the results of a recent brewing competition in Australia.

Winemaking in New Zealand may still be male-dominated but some of the country's finest winemakers and producers are women.

Rebecca Gibb talks to the makers of some of our best organic wine about why they do it.

Go local and have a blast exploring the wonders of your own backyard in style.

The 2011 harvest is all but over for the country's winemakers. The vineyard managers can take a well-earned break after the harvest hullabaloo, happy in the knowledge the wines are safely in the tank.

A 71-year-old Malborough man has been jailed for a year for the "systematic, clinical abuse" of an 80-year-old man while in the younger man's care.

Fancy working with your mum? Rebecca Gibb talks to some Kiwi winemakers who are keeping it all in the family.

More than 1000 infringements were recorded by police during a blitz on drink driving over Easter at the top of the South Island.

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out at dawn services across the country.

Cycling through Marlborough is picturesque, says Maria Slade, especially when there's wine at the end of the road.

The key to groper fishing is to hit the spot at slack tide so the boat doesn't drift off it.