Wairarapa winemaker Jannine Rickards made a “tiny” batch of her own wine in 2017, on the moonlit edge of her harvest job at Julicher.

Chateau Garage, with its ficus-covered turrets, is a hive of side hustle industry.

OPINION: Rachael Cook is the smiling grape grower on this month’s cover, tending vines on the miniscule, beautiful and dream-driven vineyard she and her husband Murray have created on an east facing hillside of Marlborough’s Brancott Valley.

Early sunlight slants onto the woolshed veranda at The Wrekin, as a group of Marlborough viticulturists gathers on a stunning autumn morning.

A young cow frolics in a paddock in the upper Brancott Valley, then gallops to the fence to see the treats in store.

Kia ora, beautiful homeland.

Jules Taylor is still smitten with Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, more than 25 years after she smelled her first ferment.

For 40 years Dr Richard Smart has been cajoling New Zealand grape growers to look past Vertical Shoot Positioning (VSP) trellising, in favour of Scott Henry (SH).

It is quite an achievement for anyone to say they have been in the same job for 40 years and are still going strong. Paul Mooney, chief winemaker at Mission Estate is one of those very few.

A British contractor recently demonstrated the capabilities of precision machinery in modern farming.