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Currently headlines are referencing the re-emergence of inflation, the bogey that plagued the New Zealand and global economies in the 1970s and 1980s.

Back at the start of vintage 2020, growers and wineries waited anxiously for the answer to the burning question - would the industry have essential business status?

As an industry organisation, New Zealand Winegrowers is built on the premise that for businesses in our sector it makes sense, at times, to collaborate.

There's a bit of glass half full in New Zealand Winegrowers' 2021 vintage report, with "superb" quality wines and abundance of global demand.

Covid-19 has seen a surge in sales of New Zealand wine, with July exports up 23 percent on the previous year.

The 2019 New Zealand vintage was the third in a row that the industry produced less than the forecasted sales for the next 12 months.

Another New Year has begun and at least on the weather front appears to have started well with lots of warm, dry weather. Long may that continue!

By now most members should be well aware that the results from the recent Strategic Review have been delivered to New Zealand Winegrowers and are available to growers and wineries.

The New Zealand wine industry is busy planning for the up-coming vintage after taking into account the impact of the recent Kaikoura earthquake.

"Please experiment, please reinvent, please innovate. But please, please, please communicate – talk to your consumer and let them know what you are doing."