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NZW's latest Annual Report shows an outlook of renewed certainty and confidence, after two years of Covid-chaos.
An improved harvest, accessible markets, and consumers demanding more New Zealand wine than ever have been welcomed by grape growers and wineries, who are nonetheless also facing significant challenges.
Read the report at nzwine.com/members.
“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.
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.
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.
RNA technology could be a gamechanger in vineyards, with the ability to turn gene expression on or off to protect…
A system that combines UV-C light for disinfection could provide chemical free treatment of plant pathogens and diseases such as…
New Zealand's wine regions harvested 395,000 tonnes of grapes in the 2024 vintage, which is 21% lower than 2023, nearly…
