Blank Canvas Pinot Noir harvest.

On the cusp of Pinot Noir New Zealand 2025, to be held in Christchurch Ōtautahi 11-13 February, Emma Jenkins MW reflects on the current state of New Zealand Pinot Noir and where it could and should be heading.

From left, Lou Leggett, Nick Pett and Jess Barnes at the 2023 Organic and Biodynamic Winegrowing Conference. Photo Credit: Lisa Duncan.

Nick Pett is Committee Co-chair for the Organic & Biodynamic Winegrowing Conference, taking place in Marlborough from 16-18 June.

Marie Cundari

Marie Cundari is Senior Director of New World Wines in the Ontario Liquor Control Board, one of the world’s largest buyers and retailers of alcoholic beverages. In the lead up to a visit to New Zealand in February, as a guest of New Zealand Winegrowers, she shares some insights into…

Intel and Insights: brand health tracking

The growing trend for authentic and sustainable purchases aligns well with New Zealand wine. According to new research released by New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) in its third wave of Brand Health Tracking, the trend has generally increased in importance for all markets measured by IWSR.

Oraterra

Oraterra translates to golden earth, reflecting the value of great vineyard sites in Martinborough, including that from which winemaker Wilco Lam is now making wines.

Photo by Carl Gunderson

Te Mata vineyard manager Carl Gunderson has won the top prize in the BASF New Zealand AgriPhoto competition, with an image of handpicking fruit in Havelock Hills.

David Roper

More than two decades after his first vintage as a cellar hand at Villa Maria, Dave Roper has been appointed Group Winemaker for Indevin, overseeing winemaking teams in Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, and Marlborough.

B Corp

Marlborough wine producer Lawson's Dry Hills has become B Corp Certified.

A white Christmas

New Zealand wine enjoyed a white Christmas this year, as country-of-origin leader in the United Kingdom's Still White Wine Category.

This year Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand celebrates 30 years since the industry made a commitment to protecting the places that make its famous wines.

Repost is set to hit the million-post mark in 2025, having processed more than 787,500 posts from vineyards.

Wairarapa wine producer Urlar has completed an extension to its winery, with larger red and white fermentation halls, a dedicated press hall, offices, laboratory testing, a cellar door and tasting room with lounge and dining spaces, and a commercial kitchen and supporting amenities.

Organising a premium Pinot Noir conference against the backdrop of an economic downturn and the decline in global wine sales is a tough business.

Following 2023's inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium, Hawke's Bay Winegrowers expanded this year's event to two days of discussions and tastings centred on 'Sense of Place', the environmental and cultural landscapes that shape wine.

When Malcolm McBride lays a net under a Wairau Valley totara, or gathers kōwhai seed pods straight from the tree, he's combining two of his passions.

An ambitious large-scale planting project in the Wairau Valley aims to return farmland to indigenous forest and create a biodiversity hotspot that doubles as a carbon pool.

Ben Leen never tires of the view at Amisfield, where audacious guinea fowl strut the grounds against a backdrop of organic vines and the snow-capped Pisa Range.

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