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Experimental vineyard to help hone wine production
The facility is the newest addition to the New Zealand Wine Centre.

Beer giant makes $46m loss in NZ
Lion confident it's taking the hits now to prepare for success.

'Utterly inexplicable:' Prominent Kiwi winegrower fined $15k for smuggling vine cuttings
'His knowledge of the risk would have been far greater than the average New Zealander.'

From vines to fencelines: Old vineyard posts find a new home on-farm
Repost has been repurposing vineyard fence posts for the past four years.

'Better returns for growers': New fruitgrowers' boss announced
New face with new ideas for fruit-growing industry.

New Kiwi head of top global wine body stamps his mark in first days on job
Aucklander sets pace as influential sector body starts its second century.

Wine Festival: Ten years of teamwork and terrific wine in Hawke's Bay
It's been 10 years of music, fun, and, most importantly, good wine.

The Kiwi lawyer hand-picked to lead a global wine body
The Auckland lawyer is the first to be elected from outside Europe.

Everything you ever wanted to know about wine but were too afraid to ask
Financial Times: Wine guru answers readers' questions.

'Walk away': Australia’s farmers rubbish NZ-Europe free trade deal
EU deals show globalisation is not dead - but some sectors ask what difference that makes.

From prop to Pinot Noir: Ex-All Black's journey from the rugby field to the vineyard
Rugby and wine blend perfectly at ex-All Black John Ashworth's Hawke's Bay vineyard

Pucker up for a walk that's flush with wineries
Get your steps up with the Four Barrels Wine Trail, a walk interspersed with wine stops.

'Mental anguish'- Call to extend work visa, too little, too late
Government has announced 'last minute' a visa extension for seasonal staff

Grape shortage: 'Worst in at least a decade' says Pernod Ricard boss
Bryan Fry says winemaker is working through industry-wide supply issues.

Wine price warning: Smaller vintage could add 20% to a bottle
Villa Maria says its grape harvest is down almost 30 per cent this year.

The parallel pandemic: Heavy toll of Covid on our kids' mental health
Covid's impact on mental health, especially in youth, will outlive virus, experts say.

Wanaka food and wine festival off to a good start
More than 2000 people attended the first Ripe festival on Sunday.

'Unprecedented' worker shortage: Loaded livestock trucks turned away from meatworks
Progressive Meats says staff shortage is "unprecedented" as workers choose to pick fruit.

$300 a day for fruit picking? Potential goldmine for Kiwi workers
Picking contractors are offering big prices to lure in orchard workers this season.

Native plants instead of sprays
Villa Maria is trialling under-vine natives. Made with funding from NZ On Air.