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France: At the top of the food chain

France's southwest has turned taste into an art form, says Peter Calder.

Wine: Playing his cards right

Sometimes referred to as the godfather of pinot noir in New Zealand, he strides the landscape like Goliath.

France: The art of drinking anything at all

In French, they call it le signe oenologique, but that's the thing about French: words like oenology and gastronomy don't sound half as pretentious as they do in English.

The sounds of fine wine

It looks good, it tastes good and it sounds good too?

Expert crushed in vines

End of the crisis? Fine wine demand rebounds

A little riesling goes a long way

Last week I wrapped up by saying we can all drink expensive wine if we share the cost because enjoyment isn't always proportionate to volume.

A consistent obsession

"Thanks for turning up. Hardly anybody turns up for anything, these days."

Uncharted terroir

The Wairarapa wine sub-region is beginning to make its mark.

Wine industry facing a hangover

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

Sav Blanc dominance a concern

Pinot Noir: Red delicious

Pinot noir is set to be the next big thing in New Zealand wine, judging by the response of a recent conference of experts

Red delicious

Pinot noir is set to be the nest big thing in New Zealand wine.

Lining up for the romance

Given the keen competition, over-supply and precarious, weather-dependent nature of growing grapes, it's astonishing that new wine producers continue to emerge.

Spanish wine trade hits the bottom of the barrel

Unofficial estimates say that wine sales in Spain, the third largest producer in the world, have dropped by about 10 per cent.

Sweet as...

Until last December the delights of our dessert wines were denied to drinkers in the EU due to protectionist legislation that had been in place for years.

Vintage years

A passion for wine has seen Keith Stewart collect a fine harvest of facts for his history of New Zealand wine. He talks to Joelle Thompson.

Champers sorbet to raise $500 per glass for Haiti

Two businessmen have created a $500 Cristal champagne sorbet, topped with gold-leaf shavings, to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims.