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Another successful Cellar Club year started with a BBQ, several tastings, the AGM, another tasting, then mid-year dinner, followed by several more tastings, then finally a very successful end-of-year dinner.  In upholding tradition, and as a way of celebrating the committees'...

By Mark Schatzker and Richard Bazinet | Updated May 25, 2018 Article summary Few consumer products offer as staggering a range of choice as wine. You can buy a bottle of Dark Horse Big Red Blend for $8. Or for around $500, you can get...

Who am I to argue

As ever we start our year with the BBQ at Derek's Place on 27 January. We'll send more information to members in mid-January. As always we give special thanks to Derek Thompson for making his excellent facilities available.

As I sit to prepare this newsletter Celine Dion is singing “Another year has gone by” in the background. Surely not, I say, but it is so. Where has it gone? We can start by reviewing our year. We began...

After each vintage season, New Zealand Winegrowers surveys members and compiles vintage data snapshots for the industry. The following are the snapshots for 2018.

Less than two months now, so thoughts turn toward?

We discussed this with members a little earlier in the year and have made the decision to opt for a Saturday for the December Dinner this year. We believe that this will be convenient for most members. So we are...