Reducing emissions in Tohu’s winery and vineyards is part of being good kaitiaki, says Dianne Brown, Manager of Wakatū Incorporation’s Whenua Ora sustainability programme.
“The cost of sustainability is in the now. The cost of not doing anything is in the future,” says Tim Nowell-Usticke, founder and director of WineWorks and the new Chair of New Zealand Winegrowers’ Environment Committee.
Nick Paulin is a firm believer in the relationship between healthy soils and an abundant earthworm population, and a dab hand at taking a shovel of soil and counting the worms writhing within it.
New Zealand’s wine industry is in a unique position, thanks to 30 years of SWNZ, says New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Global Sustainability Lead Florence Van Dyke. “Because you’ve done your homework; you are one of the few industries that actually have the stats.”
Ormond Nurseries founders Ben and Frances Wickham, climate scientist Rob Agnew, and New Zealand sparkling wine pioneers Daniel and Adele Le Brun were presented Wine Marlborough Lifetime Achievement Awards at The Marlborough Wine Show Celebration Lunch in October.
Organic Winegrowing New Zealand is partnering with the New Zealand Horticentre Charitable Trust to offer up to 10 scholarships for the Organic & Biodynamic Winegrowing Conference in Marlborough on 16-18 June.
Stanmore Farm featured on Hyundai Country Calendar in October, giving insights into the Kāpiti Coast family business supplying commercial vineyards with baby vines.
Queenstown has added a date to Pinot Noir lovers' calendars - The Central Otago Wine Auction Weekend.
The 2023 Balvonie Prosecco has been a three-year project for owners Ben and Helen McLauchlan, who have released Marlborough's first prosecco from Glera grapes, planted in the Rapaura sub-region.
Lower yields and a reduced grape price for Sauvignon Blanc, along with a 6% rise in operating expenses, saw a major fall in profitability in the Marlborough vineyard model in 2023/2024.
The recent NZW board elections saw Tanya Pouwhare and Tracy Johnston join the board, while Fabian Yukich and Emma Taylor were selected as Chair and Deputy Chair respectively.
Good things take time, and so it was with Andy Frost's induction as a New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) Fellow.
Changes to cellar door rules will make operations more viable for wineries, says Lianne Collins of Quartz Reef Wines in Central Otago.
Wine professionals are at the “coalface” of New Zealand’s wine industry, connecting winemakers, their wines and their land to the consumer, says Noble Rot General Manager and Head Sommelier Jessica Wood.
A new research project is studying the influence of vineyard biodiversity on bird populations, and the impact of those birds on surrounding vineyards in different seasons.
When you think about the sheer numbers of plastic ‘bread bag’ clips, metal twisty ties and cane clips littering vineyards, it is a worrying thought.
Time matters in a biosecurity response, says Ryan Higgs, Chief Executive of biosecurity technology company Onside.
Somewhere along the 800km Camino de Santiago trail – perhaps while seeking shade beneath a verdant vine, talking to Spanish vineyard workers in the field, or drinking cool Albariño at the end of the day – Georgia Mehlhopt canned her law career.
Growing up on a Taranaki dairy farm, Nina Downer was accustomed to the isolated and repetitive nature of her parents’ work, milking at dawn 365 days of the year.
The New Zealand Wine Roadmap to Net Zero 2050 lays out a pathway and practical guidelines to help vineyards and wineries meet the goal of being carbon net zero by 2050.
Harnessing microbial communities to mitigate grapevine trunk disease is an “exciting prospect” for New Zealand’s wine industry, says Dr Hayley Ridgway.
The inaugural Research & Innovation Forum was a stimulating glimpse at the research, innovation and technology helping shape the future of New Zealand wine.
Artificial Intelligence is not to be feared says Rachel O’Shea, co-founder of generative AI company Yabble.
In her typically energetic and engaging manner, Felicity Carter opened the Wine Business Forum with a fast-moving, thought-provoking session, ‘Navigating the Wine Lane on the Beverage Superhighway’.
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