
Wine: Keeping it natural
Making wine without chemicals and other processing techniques is slowly catching on here.
Making wine without chemicals and other processing techniques is slowly catching on here.
Almost 1600 wines have been entered in this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards, with close to 40 per cent classed as sustainable.
Actor and vigneron Sam Neill is on record as saying that these days he's more interested in rave reviews for his wine than his big-screen exploits.
Seasoned Wwoofer Venetia Sherson gets more than she bargained for on an olive picking job in the hills of southern Tuscany.
Pernod Ricard New Zealand, the local arm of the French liquor company, has sold a dozen wine brands and some wineries to a Lion Nathan New Zealand-led joint venture for $88 million.
The change of seasons heralds the release of a fresh new vintage suited to warmer days.
This year, Marlborough's Cloudy Bay Winery celebrates its 25th anniversary. Viva speaks to winemaker Nick Lane about the rise and rise of New Zealand's wine industry.
We quiz some of New Zealand's best winemakers to find their tipples du jour.
Marlborough-based winemaker and mother-of-two Jules Taylor may well be on to something. Hers is a virtual brand with no assets.
When a champagne house can name Marie Antoinette and Marilyn Monroe as fans, you'd think the brand couldn't get any more glamorous - then they announce a collaboration with shoe designer Christian Louboutin.
Don't restrict yourself to just one colour or style of wine - there are plenty of others which will suit your palate.
My nana loved her occasional sherry. It sat on a highly polished mahogany side table in a splendid crystal decanter, with an elaborate stopper on top.
A creeping blush after a tipple compels Gill South to get to the bottom of an embarrassing problem.
Fusing wine and artistic licence is for the people, writes Joelle Thomson.
New Zealand's wine-drinking habits are not far off international trends.
The Lucky Country. Australia. Big, bold and brash, just like her wines. Well, some of them anyway.
A scale for pinot gris would help both consumers and winemakers.
New technology gives consumer instant information about their wine of choice.