In the world of winemaking, where tradition often collides with innovation, Marco Simonit’s pioneering techniques in vine pruning are transforming how growers approach vineyard management.
The Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium, held in Hawke’s Bay in early October, was a thought-provoking two days that drew a sold-out crowd.
New Zealand’s wine industry is just 26 vintages away from 2050, when it’s pledged to be carbon neutral.
A promising alternative for white wine oxidation prevention.
Di-ammonium phosphate is frequently added to grape juice at the start of fermentation to ensure yeast have adequate nitrogen to complete fermentation.
Grapegrowers should learn about Freshwater Farm Plans before the regulations are rolled out next year.
Conversations on the morning of the Hawke’s Bay edition of Grape Days 2023 were about the heavy rain watch in place for Auckland and its potential threat to the Football Ferns’ opening game against Norway.
When Dr Robert Holdaway was a kid, he wanted a bach and a boat in the Marlborough Sounds, not a block of marginal land up the Wairau Valley.
Successfully generating a reference genome for Sauvignon Blanc is just one step towards improving New Zealand's most important grapevine variety, albeit a big one.
The first genome assembly Dr Annabel Whibley worked on was for a butterfly, tracking 21 chromosomes fragmented into nearly 4,000 pieces, at the Museum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
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