A Hawke's Bay winegrower is picking this year's Chardonnay crop to be the region's best ever vintage.

Actor Sam Neill says his fourth vineyard acquisition demonstrates ''faith and confidence'' in Central Otago and its pinot noir.

The New Zealand wine industry has continued its turnaround in 2013, posting a record grape harvest and improved profitably for wineries.

The red and white wines that will give you the best bang for your buck have been revealed in the 22nd edition of a Kiwi vino guide.

We are acknowledged internationally as leading the world in the popular white variety, sauvignon blanc, which accounts for some 80 per cent of our export volume.

Just over 110 New Zealand wines have been declared outstanding gold medal winners by an international panel of judges at this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.

A team of expert judges have began swirling, sniffing and sampling the best wines in the country, searching for winners in this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.

Judging has began at the 2013 Air New Zealand Wine Awards. The international panel of experts have 1,380 different drops to sample before naming the winners at a ceremony in Queenstown later this month.

A $4m deal to buy a popular Matakana winery fell through after a syndicate of Chinese buyers failed to get approval from the Overseas Investment Office.

Profitability is returning to the wine industry after several years of grape oversupply, says the local boss of Pernod Ricard Winemakers.

New Zealand winemakers could stand to benefit from a global shortage of wine, a new report says.

The boss running a $58 million New Zealand wine business owned by American billionaire Bill Foley says a move to the NZX main board is planned towards the end of next year.

Jo Burzynska investigates why we don’t always know what ingredients are in our wine.

Former Fair Go presenter and consumer advocate Kevin Milne is taking a well-known NZ winery to task over the label of one of its "classic character" wines.

International success with fortified wine shows our industry is broad as well as deep, writes Viva wine editor Jo Burzynska.

Kiwi winemakers are often toasted for punching above their weight but what do foreigners really think of our vintages?

Last summer's drought was disastrous for many farmers but for winegrowers, the near perfect conditions resulted in record production of 345,000 tonnes.

Every year Robert Hodgson selects the finest wines from his small California winery and puts them into competitions around the state.

You may have thought a glass of vino with your popcorn was the height of class at the cinema snack bar.