NZ Winegrower

Following 2023's inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium, Hawke's Bay Winegrowers expanded this year's event to two days of discussions and tastings centred on 'Sense of Place', the […]

The import and quarantine of future proofed varieties represents the next generation of grapevine genetics in New Zealand, says Riversun Nurseries Managing Director Geoff Thorpe. In March this year, […]

Transforming canopy management systems to maximise sunlight could increase vineyard profitability without compromising wine quality, says researchers. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is […]

When Malcolm McBride lays a net under a Wairau Valley totara, or gathers kōwhai seed pods straight from the tree, he's combining two of his passions. The Selmes Garden Centre Nurseryman owned his […]

An ambitious large-scale planting project in the Wairau Valley aims to return farmland to indigenous forest and create a biodiversity hotspot that doubles as a carbon pool. Whitehaven Wines' […]

Ben Leen never tires of the view at Amisfield, where audacious guinea fowl strut the grounds against a backdrop of organic vines and the snow-capped Pisa Range. The stunning view from the Central […]

Reducing emissions in Tohu’s winery and vineyards is part of being good kaitiaki, says Dianne Brown, Manager of Wakatū Incorporation’s Whenua Ora sustainability programme. “Our aim is to […]

“The cost of sustainability is in the now. The cost of not doing anything is in the future,” says Tim Nowell-Usticke, founder and director of WineWorks and the new Chair of New Zealand […]

Nick Paulin is a firm believer in the relationship between healthy soils and an abundant earthworm population, and a dab hand at taking a shovel of soil and counting the worms writhing within it. But […]