It can be a struggle to match wine with robust cheeses, strong dark chocolate or heavily infused coffee desserts.

At Francis Ford Coppola Winery, no one gets to sit in the chair from The Godfather, not even staff, says Kiwi Stephan Micallef.

Dennis Knill celebrates gourmet food and wine at one of the biggest events on the South Australian calendar.

Picking great wines isn’t much different from spotting a rising sports star.

French wines are finding favour with the Kiwi palate.

Linda Herrick talks to an Australian who has made French food his passion.

Palates are ready for fruity flavours, says Don Kavanagh.

In a fast-evolving digital world with a colossal number of images hurled at us every minute, it's important to make sure your product or service gets noticed.

For the ultimate wine-drinking experience go straight to the source

Southern Wines is a winemaking company with a difference. It's New Zealand's sole producer of resveratrol-enhanced wine (REW).

Every year Robert Hodgson selects the finest wines from his small California winery and puts them into competitions around the state.

Affluent young Chinese women may be the future of New Zealand's wine industry.

Don Kavanagh suggests you bide your time if you want your wine to have worth.

Australasia's most expensive, revered red wine, Penfolds Grange, has released its latest vintage.

Winemakers across the country are hailing 2013's vintage as one of the best they've ever seen.

Wellington's food festival is a treat for the palate. Don Kavanagh reports.

The food on the Hauraki cycle trail was worth dismounting for, says Nadia Lim.

Palliser Estate, that revered Martinborough producer of fine wines since 1984, has gone to the dogs — six of them in fact.

Cheers columnist Don Kavanagh urges readers to learn about brettanomyces.

This is the first year that super premium Church Road wines Tom Chardonnay and Tom Cabernet Merlot have been simultaneously released.

Don Kavanagh mixes with the best in a contest to find the nation's best bartender.

While lamenting the end of the long, lovely summer, I’m embracing the change of season with the respect it deserves.

Correctly matching wines to food is easy to get wrong.

One afternoon I decided that a nice cold chardonnay with dinner would be in order. So I put a bottle in the freezer intending to give it a good chill, writes Shelley Bridgeman.

Low-alcohol beers can tickle the taste buds, as Don Kavanagh discovers.

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.

Passion for winemaking runs strong in the Delegat family.

Winemakers Kim and Erica Crawford open the doors of their elegant Auckland home to toast their new venture with distinguished guests.

Tim Lightbourne, co-founder with winemaker, Rob Cameron, of award winning Invivo Wines, talks about launching a possibly risky low calorie wine range.

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.