New Zealand winegrowers remain upbeat about this year's harvest, despite earthquakes and adverse weather.

Geoffrey Thorpe has been made an Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the wine industry in New Zealand.

Terra Vitae and Craggy Range have posted stronger full-year profits on rising wine prices and a bountiful harvest.

Delegat Group, the owner of Oyster Bay wine, has warned it will have to increase prices in the UK due to the sustained weakness of the pound.

The 7.8 earthquake damaged around 20 per cent of Marlborough's storage tanks, but 2016 still promises to be a good year for wine.

A Northland wine that once sold for $30 a bottle has jumped to $598 per bottle thanks to its popularity with the Chinese market.

Graham Norton's Kiwi rosé and Australian Shiraz have won medals at the 37th Sydney International Wine Competition.

The owner of a Central Otago winery can't put off paying out a fellow shareholder ahead of their Court of Appeal fight over the value of the stake.

For the past six seasons Chris Henry has been honing the scientific pursuit of enhancing the maturity of wine grapes.

Luxury lodge boss says trip to US meeting people who make travel arrangements for wealthy Americans bound to be productive.

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Hundreds of wines will be spat, chewed and mulled over by a panel of 13 expert judges at the annual New World Wine Awards.

Top wine judge Jim Harre says this vintage have been particularly good, especially as the harvest has been large, which normally means a drop in quality.

Vinomofo's loyal Australian audience will soon be ordering Kiwi wines by the caseload as it expands to start sellling to local wine lovers.

After a pop-up sale last month, online wine seller Vinomofo is coming to New Zealand.

NZ wine sales are pushing $2 billion a year with the wine industry doubling its earnings in the past decade, according to the latest ANZ Agri-Focus report.

With a mere 2pc of the market, the field is wide open for New Zealand tipples.

Delegat Group says it has completed the 2016 harvest, with yields in New Zealand up 33 per cent on a difficult 2015.

Warmer winds carry fresh challenges to the major industries of regional New Zealand.

Export growth is on the cards for the Kiwi wine industry this year amid rising global demand, says rural lending specialist Rabobank.

New Zealand wine exports have reached a new record high for the 2015 year.

A company has been fined for not providing employment agreements and failing to produce wage and time records for employees.

Ata Rangi vineyard in Martinborough has been rated number five on the top 100 wines by American wine critic James Suckling with its 2013 pinot noir.

Area labelling is sure to be extended in the upcoming free trade talks with the European Union, writes Audrey Young.

One mouthful is all it took and the Marlborough sauvignon blanc legend was born. By Joelle Thomson.

For 100 years, the Babich family have stayed true to the ideals of their patriarch.