Growing a wine career amid wildfires, typhoons and significantly late harvests helped Steph Madox land on a research topic to complete her wine degree.

Waimea Irrigators chairman Murray King has welcomed the effective completion of a major dam, which is expected to give irrigators and other users on the Waimea Plains reliability of supply for decades to come.

Fonterra's Waitoa manufacturing site is now using around 50% less coal as its new wood biomass boiler swings into action.

Mark McGill, co-founder, grower and maker of Abel Cider and Chardonnay, reflects on the year that was from the boutique and beautiful Moutere block he's grown with his wife Sophie.

Following one of the toughest vintages Auckland has experienced, Soljans Estate Vineyard Manager Tai Nelson was named New Zealand's 2023 Young Viticulturist of the Year. He shares some of the highs and lows of a year of hard mahi.

Meryn Whitehead has taken out the coveted title of New Zealand Young Horticulturist of the Year for 2023.

They say that good things come in small packages – and the modest but mighty Waiview Stud in Marlborough is certainly punching above its weight.

Tai Nelson was 17 years old when his girlfriend Amber Soljans suggested he get a part-time job at her family wine company in West Auckland.

Growing the reputation of New Zealand Wine.

OPINION: People have been "pivotal" to Dr David Jordan's career in wine, from the generosity of those who shared their knowledge when he was starting out, to the insights he still gleans from those in the field.