A bizarre weather pattern is dividing the country right down the middle, with some areas facing serious drought and others swamped with too much rain.

Redundancies are on the cards at Hokitika-based independent milk processor, Westland Milk Products.

Kumeu River Wines has broken new ground for sparkling wine by bottling New Zealand’s first bubbly to be called Crémant, which was released in October this year.

The rise of internet sales, the demise of big buttery Chardonnays and deep discounting are among the biggest challenges facing specialist wine retailers today, according to three owner-operators in Auckland, Taupo and Wellington.

Waikato Regional Council’s Plan Change 1 "Healthy Rivers" plan was always going to be controversial.

State-owned farmers Landcorp is quitting 10 more farms totalling about 11,650ha.

Fonterra directors and shareholder councillors will go without a pay rise for a third straight year.

Record-high stock levels are set to keep worldwide food prices low during 2017 even as inflation starts to rise in many developed economies, says a major report from Rabobank.

Given this is the 100th issue of New Zealand Winegrower magazine, it seemed timely to bring out the crystal ball and consider just where the industry is likely to be by the time we produce our 200th issue.

PKE-free milk is the latest product in line for production by Auckland boutique dairy company Lewis Road Creamery.