Sauvignon blanc is in danger of going the way of Kath and Kim's favourite tipple, chardonnay.

After going on record last week about Italian wine being astonishingly food-friendly, I thought I should put up or shut up.

It is without doubt one of the great global brands, producing some of the world's finest wines.

Winemakers often have the best results when they combine old practices with new techniques.

Cue the bubbly this month because it marks 16 years since I wrote my first wine column; even if it's not a round number, it's a good excuse to drink bubbles.

The country's second largest wine region is showing loads of promise.

We're sitting at the top of a sun-drenched Hawkes Bay vineyard looking out to sea over heavily laden pinot gris vines which have just been harvested.

Girl power is alive and well and flourishing in the local wine industry.

Rays that cause skin cancer also make New Zealand sauvignon blanc unique, according to new research.

"Kiwi savvy" has commanded the highest per litre price of any wine sold in the UK for more than a decade.

Sometimes referred to as the godfather of pinot noir in New Zealand, he strides the landscape like Goliath.

In French, they call it le signe oenologique, but that's the thing about French: words like oenology and gastronomy don't sound half as pretentious as they do in English.

Too much of a good thing threatens to skittle some in the wine industry.

A company that paid vineyard workers as little as $2 an hour has lost a legal battle over unpaid wages.

This year's New Zealand wine vintage is expected to shrink slightly - for the first time. And industry leaders say it's a good thing.

Sheep numbers have continued to fall, dairy cow numbers are rising and grain crops increased markedly, latest agricultural production figures show.

A leading British wine critic has warned New Zealand pinot noir makers not to flood the British market with cut-price wine, which he says has happened with our sauvignon blancs.

Five winegrowers specialising in five separate grape varieties have joined forces to market their brands to the world's fussiest wine drinkers.

The wine glut has been a challenge to the New Zealand wine industry this year.

If you're heading to new territories these holidays, check out the cellar doors of the local vineyards.