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The ABCs of chardonnay

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

Tizard buys French to uphold NZ pride

Judith Tizard says she bought a $155 bottle of champagne during a dinner with Australian ministers as a matter of national pride.

The winemaking expert with a sparkle in his eye

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

Food and wine friends

Two Waikato boys team up to share their gourmet talents.

The Dish: Foodie Fundraiser

Prepare to eat a lot when some of Auckland's top eateries team up for the annual Mercy Hospital Degustation Brunch fundraiser.

Wine: The new frontier

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

NZ wine wins plaudits from international expert

Wine: Presentation is key

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.

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.

Good taste: How bad can they be?

"How bad could they be?" Chris Carrad asked himself when he was planning to import some of the weirdest wines on the planet to New Zealand.

Wine: Red alert

Joelle Thomson nobly sips, swirls and spits 47 wines to find her top 10 low-cost reds.

Wine: A reputation at stake

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

Wine: Mix and match, Italian style

After going on record last week about Italian wine being astonishingly food-friendly, I thought I should put up or shut up.

Italians take it from the top

It is without doubt one of the great global brands, producing some of the world's finest wines.

Wine: When worlds collide

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

Chocolate, red wine and coffee not on healthy heart list

Stop kidding yourself, The Australian Heart Foundation says, there is no cardiovascular health benefit from eating chocolate or drinking red wine.

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.