Are your taste buds becoming a tad complacent? They need a good kick - and these are the wines for the job ...

Ivan Selak's West Auckland family-run company has been at the forefront of the New Zealand wine industry for 80 years.

A varietal to savour.

Here's to quake-central wines!

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.

Salute, prost and cheers - it's the weekend ...

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

Hooray for glorious vouvray.

A new survey asks which famous New Zealander Kiwis would most like to share a tipple with. Do you agree?

The Herald has put together the ultimate silly season planning guide to get you to the big day with the minimum of fuss.

How to turn your life into a spring-fest into seconds flat? Just twist the cap on any one of these wow-inducing white wines. Easy.

Property and farming rich listers are among those who have made big donations to National over the past year.

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

They say it's really hard to describe great pinot noir. I've given these three a fairly decent crack though ...

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.

So you thought Hawke's Bay and Waiheke had this varietal all sewn up? Here's a trio from less well-known zones...

Imagine if your taste buds had ears and a rock track for the first time. Such an assault is what a great blended white will provide the tongue ...

More than 100 empty bottles found at home of trio who died after drinking neighbour's home-made moonshine in Australia.

The little Wairarapa village that's won the hearts of the world's top wine writers is now to be toasted in a prestigious New York City showcase.

Get your astro-awareness on by tasting a smorgasbord of styles...

Newstalk ZB morning talk host Leighton Smith is selling his Clevedon Hills Estate with several unusual features.

It may be an Australian icon, but the country's love affair with the humble tinnie of VB is fading fast. Domestic alcohol consumption

October is upon us in all its frisky fabulousness, so let's carpe the diem and drink excellently.

The inaugural Black Power Film Festival offers wine, appetisers and discussion - perhaps not the first things most people would associate with a gang.

Someone once bade me farewell by saying "kisses on all ya pink parts", which I felt overstepped the mannerly mark. These pink drinks however, are more than decent...

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

Forty is the new 20? Hardly. Spend an extra $20 and your taste buds will be born again...

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Push out the boat and make this a week of wines from foreign climes ...

Do the Real Housewives of Auckland make you want to perform seppuku on yourself? Don't fret, just sip and forget...