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thedrinksbusiness.com | 18 February 2019 Industry body New Zealand Winegrowers has teamed up with podcast creator Lawrence Francis of Interpreting Wine in order to provide in-depth coverage of its annual tasting. The podcast series will take the form of seven...

I have decided to move away from wine jokes this month. Editor’s privilege you understand. I came across an item on “lexophiles”, a play on words, and decided I would try a few. To write with a broken pencil is...

Another great evening with nice wines and an informative presenter. John Loughlin was a pleasure to deal with and kept the meeting running to time. A good level of orders resulted. But that all our tastings were as easy to...

Future tastings A couple of your committee members have done some great work in sorting out tastings over the next two months.  You will note that things have now been settled and we can look forward to two great evenings. ...

NZ Winegrowers – Media Release – January 2019 Visit 2019 Sauvignon NZ website The ‘who’s who’ of the wine world descended on Marlborough for a three-day International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration kicking off on Monday 28 January. “We have over 100...

A man walks into a bar and ordered a glass of white wine. He took a sip of the wine, then tossed the remainder into the bartender's face. Before the bartender could recover from the surprise, the man began weeping. "I'm...

Dinner at Juniper Having the December Dinner on a Saturday night worked well. The food was great and was well received. The committee has received good feedback from people who attended. $65.00 seems to an acceptable price point for dinner...

It’s the start of another year with much to look forward to. Coming events Now it may seem like a strange thing to say if you glance ahead to the coming events section, but things are quite well advanced with...