Foley Family Wines plans to step up to the main board of the NZ stock exchange following its takeover of Martinborough Vineyards

Winemakers in Europe, Australia and California are protesting a decision to move forward with the introduction of .vin and .wine as top-level domains.

Getting to try newly released wines is never a chore, nor is it taken for granted. I sample them all so you don’t have to…trust me; we’ve never had it so good…for example.

Foley Family Wines has met the last of its conditions for its takeover bid for Martinborough Vineyard Estates.

Wine grapes are a climatically sensitive crop grown in a fairly narrow geographic range. Growing season temperatures for high-quality wine production are generally limited to 13-21C on average.

Marlborough winemakers Chris Darling and Bart Arnst don't make organic wines purely out of concern for the environment.

Hawkes Bay wine producers are joining forces to try to cash in on the growing wine market in China.

American businessman and vineyard owner Bill Foley, plans to make an all-scrip $1.9 million takeover offer for pinot noir pioneer Martinborough Vineyard Estates.

New Zealand wine exports have rebounded to record levels as the wine growing industry continues its turnaround in fortunes.

There will have been cheers all round at Queenstown's Amisfield winery after William and Kate popped in on Sunday.

Warren Adamson is sales director for winery Craggy Range.

A Hawke's Bay winegrower is picking this year's Chardonnay crop to be the region's best ever vintage.

Actor Sam Neill says his fourth vineyard acquisition demonstrates ''faith and confidence'' in Central Otago and its pinot noir.

A programme to make New Zealand a leader in "lifestyle" viticulture will be good news for wine lovers watching their waistlines.

The red and white wines that will give you the best bang for your buck have been revealed in the 22nd edition of a Kiwi vino guide.

We are acknowledged internationally as leading the world in the popular white variety, sauvignon blanc, which accounts for some 80 per cent of our export volume.

Just over 110 New Zealand wines have been declared outstanding gold medal winners by an international panel of judges at this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.

A team of expert judges have began swirling, sniffing and sampling the best wines in the country, searching for winners in this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.

Judging has began at the 2013 Air New Zealand Wine Awards. The international panel of experts have 1,380 different drops to sample before naming the winners at a ceremony in Queenstown later this month.

A $4m deal to buy a popular Matakana winery fell through after a syndicate of Chinese buyers failed to get approval from the Overseas Investment Office.

Profitability is returning to the wine industry after several years of grape oversupply, says the local boss of Pernod Ricard Winemakers.

New Zealand winemakers could stand to benefit from a global shortage of wine, a new report says.