Fashion designers have increasingly been employed to shape the look of a number of high-profile wine labels.

The Brown Brothers winery manages to avoid straying into the dubious territory of dumbing down wine, writes Jo Burzynska

Harvesting wine grapes as late as possible can add to the sexiness of the vintage, say winemakers.

Riots might be topical in Britain this week, but 100 years ago in France they were the culmination of a vexed period in the history of champagne.

Rockburn winemaker Malcolm Rees-Francis took over at the Central Otago winery in 2006, replacing the legendary Rudi Bauer.

Rooftop parties at members-only clubs in New York are just part of the job for three doyennes of the New Zealand wine industry.

Government has raised the excise on wine, but it's producers rather than consumers who are likely to wear the increase.

Some fine winemakers are often baffled why their excellent, often competitively-priced wine doesn't fly off the shelves and on to the tables of discerning customers.

A former sommelier has paid £75,000 for a bottle of 1811 Chateau d'Yquem, making it the world's most expensive bottle of white wine.

The winemaker's art is not just choosing the best grapes but blending them skilfully to achieve complexity in the wine.

Centuries old tunnels make excellent wine cellars, PK Stowers explains.

Two New Zealand wines have been deemed fit for a queen - the Queen of England in fact.

Lion's new boss in New Zealand says cheap wine is changing this country's liquor market.

Waiheke winemaker Kim Goldwater has donated a 14ha section of his vineyard to the University of Auckland.

We have learned much from French winemakers - now it's time to give back.

It's one of the largest selling brands in the world and New Zealanders have been enjoying it for 30-something years.

Winemaking in New Zealand may still be male-dominated but some of the country's finest winemakers and producers are women.

Bushfires are causing a headache for Australian winemakers.

Fight the cold-weather blues with a tasty, warming tipple, says Don Kavanagh.

Just north of Auckland is a cluster of our best vineyards, discovers Susan Edmunds.