Irreverent Cabinet Minister Paula Bennett has produced her own pink wine label on a chardonnay this Christmas called "Sip It Sweetie".

He was once the toast of the town, a wine dealer who became the "stuff of legends" because of an ability to procure the world's finest vintages for the rich and famous.

The New Zealand wine industry has continued its turnaround in 2013, posting a record grape harvest and improved profitably for wineries.

John Hawkesby rounds up his top 10 wines for the sunny season.

Wine is being produced in some of the world's most unlikely places thanks to a combination of innovation, economics and changes in global temperatures.

Craft brewer Moa has gone into business with Australian cricket legend Shane Warne.

Great menu offerings at summer festivals is music to the ears of foodies, writes Joanna Mathers.

A programme to make New Zealand a leader in "lifestyle" viticulture will be good news for wine lovers watching their waistlines.

American billionaire Bill Foley has taken a quarter stake in the Nourish restaurant chain fronted by celebrity chef Simon Gault, giving him a vineyard-to-restaurant path for his wines.

Central Otago is the world's most successful southern wine region.

From resident ghosts to kegs hidden in mud, Danielle Wright finds intriguing history at our historic hotels.

Zero-waste cooking, local produce, casual dining and gourmet meatballs are tipped to be the flavours of the year at the fifth annual Taste of Auckland festival.

Just over 110 New Zealand wines have been declared outstanding gold medal winners by an international panel of judges at this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.

A team of expert judges have began swirling, sniffing and sampling the best wines in the country, searching for winners in this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.

Judging has began at the 2013 Air New Zealand Wine Awards. The international panel of experts have 1,380 different drops to sample before naming the winners at a ceremony in Queenstown later this month.

A $4m deal to buy a popular Matakana winery fell through after a syndicate of Chinese buyers failed to get approval from the Overseas Investment Office.

Profitability is returning to the wine industry after several years of grape oversupply, says the local boss of Pernod Ricard Winemakers.

New Zealand winemakers could stand to benefit from a global shortage of wine, a new report says.

Barney McDonald enjoys the taste of a Cloudy Bay experience.