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.

Poor but sexy - you can't argue with Berlin's unofficial slogan. Although it doesn't possess the wealth of other German cities, it has sultry charms.

After years in administration, liquor retailer is back on its feet.

Heather Tyler finds a small town making the most of some fabulous vineyards.

There's no better place to start your Australian wine-tasting journey than the McLaren Vale area, where Michael Van de Elzen finds long-established wineries and some wonderful olives and cheeses.

Australia's southern island is pretty big. A mountain bike helps Michael Van de Elzen to see some of its best sights.

I'm excited about visiting the Agrarian Kitchen, a farmed-based cooking school about 45 minutes from Hobart in Tasmania's Derwent Valley. I have heard so much about it.

What do you do when you've been making wine in France's Loire Valley for well over a century and there is no more suitable land left to grow and make premium sancerre (sauvignon blanc)?

Tasmania casts its food and beer spell over Mike Van de Elzen.