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Wine: Tackling our drinking problem

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

Grape grower reviews structure

Chill out, and enjoy your wine

Wine drinkers already know sauvignon blanc tastes best if chilled, and scientists have now proven keeping it on ice helps retain its flavours.

Export wine focus turns to top table

A new Government-backed push into the US aims to build a super premium wine category for the billion-dollar export industry.

Good taste: Falling in love with an Aussie

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.

Key denies conflict of interest

Prime Minister John Key last night dismissed suggestions of a conflict of interest over his production of Christmas gifts of "PM's Pinot" last year.

PM denies conflict of interest

Wine: A reputation at stake

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

Good taste: Emissions reduction

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.

Vineyard owners rally

Oyster Bay warning highlights challenges for wine industry

Oyster Bay vineyard expects loss

Waste not, want not

Advanced research is breathing fresh life into wine by-products.

<i>Liam Dann:</i> Action needed now to avert a slow-motion trainwreck

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

Overproduction sparks thoughts of regulation

Wine industry facing a hangover

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

Downturn hitting local wine industry hard

Sav Blanc dominance a concern