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Good taste: A treat for mum

Remember to buy a card one lunchtime this week, as it's Mother's Day next Sunday. Florists will become bouquet factories and you should probably take your dear old mum out for lunch: Burger Fuel and Subway won't cut the mustard.

Wine: Stepping up to the palate

Despite tough times the wine industry continues to be regarded as edgy and sexy. We're not talking heavily reduced wines at your local supermarket ... no, these are wines with integrity, verve and genuine panache.

Wine: Fit for a king

You don't want your wedding tipples to leave a bad taste in your guests' mouths, so choose them wisely.

Good taste: A toast to the Anzacs

It's Easter, which means it's time for wine columnists to write another article about wines that go with chocolate. Yawn.

Wine: Easter parade of wines

A road trip to try some of our rarer wines is a treat more tempting than chocolate eggs.

Wine: Ageing gracefully

A hush descends over the table. A small group of wine enthusiasts watch with due reverence as the cork is gently pulled from the 1968 bottle of French first growth Chateau Haut Brion.

Good taste: Welcoming newcomers

China is getting a taste for fine red wine: five Bordeaux chateaux have been bought by Chinese firms in the past year.

Ford Coppola aims to be godfather of wine

Wine: Sparkling coversation

<i>Viva</i> chats to winemaker Axelle Araud of Moet & Chandon.

Wine: A welcome invasion

Good taste: Can you compare?

An obsession among "new world" wine producers is to compare their wines to their European equivalents. Around the winemaking fraternity, you hear producers comparing their sauvignon blancs to the Loire. Cobblers, I say.

Long term optimism in wine industry

Most New Zealand wineries believe they will be profitable in 10 years' time despite the "tough times ahead", a wine industry survey reveals.

California: Special terroir, special wines

Ewan McDonald finds not all good US fruit of the vine comes from Napa.

Wine: Employing common senses

The art of wine-tasting requires the use of all of your faculties.

Wine: The chance Cook missed

Do wines taste better drunk from a glass while meandering among the vines from which the grapes were grown? I think so, but then I am hopelessly sentimental.

Good taste: Prince William's royal affair

The media attention surrounding Prince William's trip to Christchurch and Greymouth was almost as big as the circus over pint-sized pop star Justin Bieber's New Zealand tour.

Wine: Of a certain age

Our wine industry is a young one by world standards - but does it matter how well our bottles age?

Wine: No-risk sophistication

"If champagne speaks of celebration, then port speaks of relaxation."