When a champagne house can name Marie Antoinette and Marilyn Monroe as fans, you'd think the brand couldn't get any more glamorous - then they announce a collaboration with shoe designer Christian Louboutin.

Don't restrict yourself to just one colour or style of wine - there are plenty of others which will suit your palate.

Spanish winemaker Telmo Rodriguez has seduced a Kiwi distributor with his ravishing reds.

If wine had a personality, pinot noir's would be strangely alluring while requiring occasional therapy.

My nana loved her occasional sherry. It sat on a highly polished mahogany side table in a splendid crystal decanter, with an elaborate stopper on top.

New Zealand's wine-drinking habits are not far off international trends.

The Lucky Country. Australia. Big, bold and brash, just like her wines. Well, some of them anyway.

How much is a main course in a restaurant? You know that, right?

New technology gives consumer instant information about their wine of choice.

Joining a wine club is a great way to meet like-minded people and learn about the subject.

Hawkes Bay artist Martin Poppelwell has lent his talents to designing and producing The People's Wine.

An interactive wine-tasting venture brings the experts to you, writes Jim Eagles.

James Millton shuns PC pigeonholes in his quest to make the very best biodynamic wine he can, writes Joelle Thomson.