Nina Downer, New Zealand Young Viticulturist of the Year 2024, will compete against the best in the field on 5-6 November, including national winners from the arborist, florist, plant producer, amenity, and grower sectors.
The waste-free Ripe Wanaka Wine and Food Festival won Sustainability Event of the Year at the New Zealand Events Association Awards this year, while Festival Director Nathan White was named Emerging Event Professional of the Year.
A New Zealand firm’s ice-free champagne cooler has hit Amazon’s number one seller position in its category across theUnited States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
The new Global Workforce Seasonal Visa will provide longer term certainty for wineries, says NZW Chief Executive Philip Gregan.
Craggy Range Restaurant’s Casey McDonald has been named Cuisine Chef of the Year 2025, in recognition of an “unwavering dedication to quality and sustainability”.
When Jim and Anne Jerram sold Ostler Wines in 2021, the couple welcomed the new owner’s connection to the Waitaki Valley, a wine region they, and Anne’s viticulturist and winemaker brother Jeff Sinnot, helped pioneer for 20 years.
Jim White has been elected to the New Zealand Winegrowers board following a levy class director by-election in July.
Jules Taylor Wines is partnering with World of Wearable Art (WOW), one of New Zealand’s premier events.
New Zealand’s largest wine producer has invested in one of the country’s most innovative wine companies.
Central Otago’s winegrowers are warning of major risks from a proposed open-pit goldmine in the Bendigo subregion.
Bees, flowers, a wiry shrub and a gecko get bragging rights on the front of Moko Hills wine bottles.
From removing stink bug taint from one wine to balancing excessive bitterness in another, a New Zealand-grown technology is helping winemakers recover value from fault-affected wines.
Gathering granular data regarding vineyard practices is a key step in cutting carbon emissions and assessing future electricity requirements, says Dr Seth Laurenson.
If you find a new consumer in a developed wine market, you are taking them from someone else, says Blank Canvas co-founder Sophie Parker-Thomson MW.
Grape growers who failed to sell their crop this year will be considering their options for vintage 2026, says WK Blenheim director Hamish Morrow.
Marisco Vineyards founder Brent Marris notes that when the 2008 global financial crisis hit, The Ned brand was very young, so succumbed to downward price pressure to secure sales volumes.
The large 2025 harvest will exacerbate the wine industry's "lingering" supply from recent vintages, New Zealand Winegrowers Chief Executive Philip Gregan told attendees at Grape Days events around the country in June.
The global wine industry is experiencing its first “demand-based correction” after three decades of sustained growth, according to the Silicon Valley Bank’s State of the Wine Industry Report 2025.
China's white wine market has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, with market penetration surging from 5% to 20%.
On 18 June 2025, the New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) Board set the following levy rates for the year 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
Whitehaven Wines has been named among Impact's Hot Brands for the ninth consecutive year, among the top performing brands across the drinks industry.
The Women in Wine Winter Development Series is a line-up of four expert-led webinars, covering topics ranging from pay negotiations to powers of persuasion.
Amisfield Restaurant has been ranked 99th in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 51-00 for 2025, judged by more than 1000 culinary experts.
Craggy Range topped the New Zealand results at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards winning a Best in Show award for the 2024 Craggy Range Martinborough Pinot Noir.
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