Top sommelier Jean-Marie Pratt brings his global quest for tasty tipples Downunder.

The sun has set on one of NZ's major wine brands, Montana Wines, which will soon become Brancott Estate.

Expand your palate, there's more to white wine than sauvignon blanc.

Attention to detail is the all-important ingredient in the business of making champagne, says Francois Hautekeur.

Two Waikato boys team up to share their gourmet talents.

How we present ourselves says a lot about us to other people, and the same applies to how wines are presented to us, if the nakedly ambitious marketing of champagne, organic wines and pinot noirs I've seen recently is anything to go by.

Increasing taxes is not the right way to go about changing our attitude to alcohol

Wine drinkers already know sauvignon blanc tastes best if chilled, and scientists have now proven keeping it on ice helps retain its flavours.

A new Government-backed push into the US aims to build a super premium wine category for the billion-dollar export industry.

The air is cool, the shiraz is dark and I am falling in love with the muscle and power of Australia's most famous and commercially successful wine all over again.

Prime Minister John Key last night dismissed suggestions of a conflict of interest over his production of Christmas gifts of "PM's Pinot" last year.

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

A wealthy developer has lost his claim to a $1 million wine stash from his top Otago winery.

Kati Kasza's father instilled in her a love of plants and the importance of seeking quality.

South Canterbury Finance loaned millions to failed developer Greg Olliver for a Marlborough vineyard project.

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

Advanced research is breathing fresh life into wine by-products.