It may have been 40 years in the making, but it took only 3 days to convince the world's wine media that New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is a force to be reckoned with.

Fonterra shareholders will be watching hawk-eyed this week's annual general meeting in Waitoa.

It is three months since devastating floods hit the lower North Island. While the mess is gone from Whanganui city, and normal life has resumed, in the country it’s a far different story, writes Peter Burke.

Estimating grape yields is a headache for the wine industry – but now there’s an app for that.

Former president of the New Zealand Grapegrowers’ Association Kevyn Moore has been devoting much of his ‘retirement’ to researching and writing a biography about Romeo Bragato, the feted founding father of New Zealand’s viticulture industry.

Some 150,000 Magnum tractors have rolled off the production line since its introduction way back in 1987. 

It is important for potential trustees to weigh up the risks compared to the rewards when considering whether or not to accept a role on a trust, says Tony Marshall, tax advisory principal, Crowe Horwarth's Dunedin office.

Hard to believe it isn’t it, but Vintage 2015 is only a matter of four or so months away. We are all only just starting to sell the very early wines from the current vintage and the next one is just around the corner!

Water use is becoming an increasingly fraught issue in Hawke’s Bay as growers along the lower reaches of the Tukituki River battle proposed new regulations they believe will threaten their future livelihoods.  

GETTING THE right people onto farming-type boards should rely on more than the toss of a coin.