Marlborough-based winemaker and mother-of-two Jules Taylor may well be on to something. Hers is a virtual brand with no assets.

We quiz some of New Zealand's best winemakers to find their tipples du jour.

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.

Spanish winemaker Telmo Rodriguez has seduced a Kiwi distributor with his ravishing reds.

If wine had a personality, pinot noir's would be strangely alluring while requiring occasional therapy.

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.

How much is a main course in a restaurant? You know that, right?

New technology gives consumer instant information about their wine of choice.

Joining a wine club is a great way to meet like-minded people and learn about the subject.

Few wine lovers - even dedicated oenophiles - will have heard of the Spanish white, Albarino, but a single sip will have you hooked.

Montana wines as we know them will soon disappear from the shelves - in name only.

Good food and good wine overflow in the Barossa Valley, writes Joelle Thomson.

We are swimming in a wine glut at the moment and though that's not good news for the producers and growers, it's very good news for the canny consumer.

A cruise aboard the Pacific Dawn is somewhat of a culinary adventure, finds Janetta Mackay.

Hawkes Bay artist Martin Poppelwell has lent his talents to designing and producing The People's Wine.

Few spirits have the romance, the history and the sheer brilliance of whisky.