Diane Marshall has retired as head of EIT's School of Viticulture and Wine Science.

Ngatarawa's owners step away from business as Mission Estates acquire brands.

China imported 40 per cent of its wine from France last year.

Delegat Group recorded a small gain in its Australian and New Zealand grape harvest.

Bordeaux has been ravaged by frost causing an estimated 1 billion euros in damage.

A contractor has been ordered to pay more than $73k after breaching employment law

Trendy Americans can't get enough of New Zealand wines.

Australian and NZ wine and food producers are fighting Chinese knock-offs.

A US investor could lose his stake in Trinity Hill winery after pleading guilty to fraud.

Talk of a border tax in the US is creating significant uncertainty for NZ beef and wine exporters

New Zealand winegrowers remain upbeat about this year's harvest, despite earthquakes and adverse weather.

Geoffrey Thorpe has been made an Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the wine industry in New Zealand.

Terra Vitae and Craggy Range have posted stronger full-year profits on rising wine prices and a bountiful harvest.

Delegat Group, the owner of Oyster Bay wine, has warned it will have to increase prices in the UK due to the sustained weakness of the pound.

The 7.8 earthquake damaged around 20 per cent of Marlborough's storage tanks, but 2016 still promises to be a good year for wine.

A Northland wine that once sold for $30 a bottle has jumped to $598 per bottle thanks to its popularity with the Chinese market.

Graham Norton's Kiwi rosé and Australian Shiraz have won medals at the 37th Sydney International Wine Competition.

The owner of a Central Otago winery can't put off paying out a fellow shareholder ahead of their Court of Appeal fight over the value of the stake.

Marlborough-based Giesen Wines has been awarded the 2016 Champion Pinot Noir Trophy.

Luxury lodge boss says trip to US meeting people who make travel arrangements for wealthy Americans bound to be productive.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Kiwi company Invivo is toasting its success as it prepares to launch the latest collaboration with talkshow host Graham Norton.

Hundreds of wines will be spat, chewed and mulled over by a panel of 13 expert judges at the annual New World Wine Awards.

Top wine judge Jim Harre says this vintage have been particularly good, especially as the harvest has been large, which normally means a drop in quality.

Vinomofo's loyal Australian audience will soon be ordering Kiwi wines by the caseload as it expands to start sellling to local wine lovers.

After a pop-up sale last month, online wine seller Vinomofo is coming to New Zealand.

NZ wine sales are pushing $2 billion a year with the wine industry doubling its earnings in the past decade, according to the latest ANZ Agri-Focus report.

With a mere 2pc of the market, the field is wide open for New Zealand tipples.

The business plans to reinvigorate the winery and will look at expanding production.

COMMENT: The New Zealand wine industry is big business with an estimated annual turnover of $2 billion, $1.42 billion of which comes from export earnings.