Diversity is the name of the game in Gisborne, where they're catering to every taste.

Kiwi craft brews stand out at an Australian beer festival, writes Don Kavanagh.

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.

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.

Winery inspires display at famous garden show.

Watch out, world, chenin blanc is poised to take its place in the spotlight.

Hunker down for winter with a good port, suggests Don Kavanagh.

It's remarkable how many small companies import wines of interest from Europe.

Gruner veltliner may not be a white wine you ask for or buy regularly, but it's here whether you're ready or not.

Jo Burzynska joins Central Otago artisan vintners on their yearly harvest.

Dieters can now have their wine and drink it, guilt-free and without the hangover. But as you raise a glass, be aware that diet wines may not be without their own side-effects.

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.

Wines from Waitaki Valley have a sophistication all their own, so why are some of the region's key players calling it quits?

Tonight MasterChef fans will see the remaining eight contestants battle it out in Fiji. Joanne Carroll tagged along to see what happened behind the scenes.

It's not often you get to try a vertical flight of New Zealand pinot noir from a single vineyard from one producer.

Size and shape matter when it comes to wine glasses, making all the difference to your experience of the elixir within.

Two out of three Kiwis do not know what a standard drink is and more than half don't know how much alcohol an average person can process in an hour, a study shows.

Wine editor Jo Burzynska’s guide to the 2013 not-to-be-missed bottles on the market.

Loveblock is the latest creation of that winemaking-cum-clever-marketing power couple, Kim and Erica Crawford.

There's a long history of sensory pleasure in pairing literature with wine.

A warming planet could double the amount of good grape growing land in New Zealand over the next 40 years, a new study shows.