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![Wine: Syrah to desire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Syrah to desire
It doesn’t seem all that long ago that friends and Waiheke neighbours Chris Canning and Bryan Mogridge began their winegrowers’ dream to make the definitive wine.
![Wine: Crafted with focus on detail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Crafted with focus on detail
For almost two decades, Hans Herzog has been growing grapes, making wine and, in the process, carving out an enviable reputation for low-yielding, small-volume, high-quality handcrafted wines from Marlborough.
![Wine: Blanc expression](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Blanc expression
Watch out, world, chenin blanc is poised to take its place in the spotlight.
![Wine: Spain's rarest splendour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Spain's rarest splendour
It's remarkable how many small companies import wines of interest from Europe.
![Wine: A vibrant Austrian](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: A vibrant Austrian
Gruner veltliner may not be a white wine you ask for or buy regularly, but it's here whether you're ready or not.
![Wine: Hands on experience](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Hands on experience
Jo Burzynska joins Central Otago artisan vintners on their yearly harvest.
![Wine: La dolce vita's back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: La dolce vita's back
For some reason, a number of Australian wines that were fashionable and readily available a couple of decades ago in New Zealand vanished from our shelves. Now they’re making a comeback.
![Do you know which glass to use?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Do you know which glass to use?
Size and shape matter when it comes to wine glasses, making all the difference to your experience of the elixir within.
![The top 50 wines of 2013](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The top 50 wines of 2013
Wine editor Jo Burzynska’s guide to the 2013 not-to-be-missed bottles on the market.
![Wine: Land shares its secret](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Land shares its secret
Loveblock is the latest creation of that winemaking-cum-clever-marketing power couple, Kim and Erica Crawford.
![Wine: A toast to prose](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: A toast to prose
There's a long history of sensory pleasure in pairing literature with wine.
![Wine: Start saving for sav](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Start saving for sav
It was bound to happen sooner or later and, frankly, it's come sooner than I would have predicted. New sauvignon blanc at $80 a bottle.
![Pub spy: My Bar, Auckland CBD](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pub spy: My Bar, Auckland CBD
There I was, minding my own business at a rather lovely wine tasting at Vivace on High St, when my wandering eye roved out the window and caught sight of a tiny bar in a little lane opposite.
![Wine: Proudly pinot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Proudly pinot
Most wines can be made by following the textbook, a bit like following a recipe when you bake a cake.
![Wine: Top of the drops](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Top of the drops
Would you pay $80 for a bottle of Marlborough sauvignon blanc? Or, indeed, should you?
![New breed of NZ pinot noir](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
New breed of NZ pinot noir
Viva wine editor Jo Burzynska traverses plains, valleys and rivers on a pinot noir safari in Marlborough.
![Wine: Experiments for the palate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Experiments for the palate
Most of us know what we like and like what we know, and why not?
![Wine: The accidental tourist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: The accidental tourist
US businessman Bill Foley has found making wines in New Zealand and building their reputations is far more fun in retirement than playing golf
![Pub spy: The Golden Dawn, Ponsonby](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pub spy: The Golden Dawn, Ponsonby
It says it is situated "at the unholy crossroads of Ponsonby and Richmond Rd" and takes pains to distance itself from the Greek neo-Nazi party of the same name.
![Wine: States of grapes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: States of grapes
Part of North America's appeal is size. It's so big ... big buildings, big highways, big open spaces, big ideas, supersized food and big hair.
![Wine: Passion for pinot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Passion for pinot
When I hear the word "authentic" applied to any product, I am immediately suspicious.
![Review: Eichardt's Tapas Bar, Queenstown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Review: Eichardt's Tapas Bar, Queenstown
There's something very "Downunder" about the service in Queenstown. Waiters, bartenders, receptionists and shopkeepers take that relaxed, "she'll be right", Kiwi attitude to a new high.
![Wine: Old world ripe for picking](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Old world ripe for picking
There are a few countries whose wines I’ve yet to try. Now, thanks to La Cantina importer Ben Naden, I can tick Malta off the list.
![Wine: All together now](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: All together now
There's nothing like a crisis to bring people together. It was the Depression of the 1930s that made growers in Europe join forces and form the co-operative wineries that still make a significant proportion of the continent's wines today.
![Light drops tickle tastebuds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Light drops tickle tastebuds
Low-calorie wines are catching on among health-conscious consumers - and critics say they don't have to be bland to be better for you.
![Wine: Putting wine into words](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Putting wine into words
Pinot noir is a woman: a statement made by an international speaker at a recent high-profile wine conference in New Zealand, as he launched into a culturally inappropriate attempt to conjure up the character of the variety.
![Wine: Ravishing reds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Ravishing reds
While internationally we're best known for white wines - notably sauvignon blanc - our reds are fast gaining attention, spearheaded by some classy pinot noir and succulent syrah.