Expand your palate, there's more to white wine than sauvignon blanc.

Attention to detail is the all-important ingredient in the business of making champagne, says Francois Hautekeur.

Two Waikato boys team up to share their gourmet talents.

Our new generation of vintners aren't afraid to push the boundaries and think outside the square with their winemaking.

How we present ourselves says a lot about us to other people, and the same applies to how wines are presented to us, if the nakedly ambitious marketing of champagne, organic wines and pinot noirs I've seen recently is anything to go by.

Increasing taxes is not the right way to go about changing our attitude to alcohol

The air is cool, the shiraz is dark and I am falling in love with the muscle and power of Australia's most famous and commercially successful wine all over again.

Sauvignon blanc is in danger of going the way of Kath and Kim's favourite tipple, chardonnay.

Winemakers often have the best results when they combine old practices with new techniques.

Cue the bubbly this month because it marks 16 years since I wrote my first wine column; even if it's not a round number, it's a good excuse to drink bubbles.

The country's second largest wine region is showing loads of promise.

We're sitting at the top of a sun-drenched Hawkes Bay vineyard looking out to sea over heavily laden pinot gris vines which have just been harvested.

Girl power is alive and well and flourishing in the local wine industry.

A wealthy developer has lost his claim to a $1 million wine stash from his top Otago winery.

Rays that cause skin cancer also make New Zealand sauvignon blanc unique, according to new research.

Kati Kasza's father instilled in her a love of plants and the importance of seeking quality.

"Kiwi savvy" has commanded the highest per litre price of any wine sold in the UK for more than a decade.

Liam Dann writes that fast growth and a grape glut are serious threats to New Zealand's global status.

Too much of a good thing threatens to skittle some in the wine industry.

Unofficial estimates say that wine sales in Spain, the third largest producer in the world, have dropped by about 10 per cent.

A company that paid vineyard workers as little as $2 an hour has lost a legal battle over unpaid wages.

This year's New Zealand wine vintage is expected to shrink slightly - for the first time. And industry leaders say it's a good thing.