It’s 35 years since Roger Parkinson planted vines in Martinborough and this year he celebrates three decades as winemaker at Nga Waka. But it began in Paris, he tells Joelle Thomson.

It's been 10 years since the Christchurch earthquake forced Celia Hay out of her food and wine business in the city, and 2021 was another challenging year.

Kim and Graham Gilkison were fishing in Northland in 2018 when inspiration flitted past.

Joe Babich was on track to become a pharmacist, when he defied his mother's wishes and joined New Zealand's nascent wine industry instead.

"As soon as I entered this industry, I felt like I belonged," says Holly West, who started working weekends at Matua's cellar door during her final year of high school.

From the wildflowers rolling down its slopes, to the limestone and clay entwined beneath its vines, it's easy to see why Huw Kinch is smitten with Pyramid Valley.

Jake Tipler's wine tourism business took him to every corner of Central Otago's wine industry, celebrating people and place, until Covid-19 desimated his client base.

A couple of Marlborough renegades are rethinking the way we're drinking, to crush the carbon footprint of wine.

Erica Crawford has taken some knocks over 25 years in the wine business, but she's emerged stronger each time.

Andy Frost has spent nearly 40 years weaving science and research into the practical business of growing and making wine, with groundbreaking consequences for the wine industry.