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Pinot Noir New Zealand 2025 invites global wine lovers to reconnect over three days in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
“We have some amazing speakers lined up and are looking forward to hosting influential trade and media from our key export markets,” says committee Chair Michael Henley MW.
United Kingdom wine commentator Rebecca Gibb MW calls it an opportunity to reconnect with a constantly evolving wine community, “whose thirst for self-improvement can never be quenched”.
Lynnette Hudson's 30-year obsession with Pinot Noir was sparked working vintage in Burgundy, seeing how subtle changes in terroir were expressed in the glass. It was, she says, "an elightening moment in every way".
The 36th Southern Pinot Workshop will be held from 20–22 January 2027.
New Zealanders purchased more than six million litres of imported sparkling wine in 2025, according to NZW data.
OPINION: New Zealand's soils and climate make our wine industry extraordinary. But it is the people behind the vines and wines who make it Altogether Unique.
Different winegrowing conditions and practices in three of New Zealand’s major Pinot Noir regions have been reflected in a chemical and sensory analysis of 116 wines from the 2020 vintage.
