Focus on New Zealand wine
Red and white wines from New Zealand are riding a new wave of success in markets all over the world. We have always been best-known for our sauvignon blanc from the Marlborough district at the top of South Island, but New Zealand's pinot noir and pinot gris, Bordeaux-style reds and syrah are jostling strongly for position.
New Zealand now markets its wines on a strategy of high-quality over volume. New Zealand aims to secure its future on international wine markets by avoiding low prices while meeting demand and concentrating on quality and sustainability across its product line-ups.
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This website aims to provide continual news and feature coverage of New Zealand's wine producers and their wares. As news comes in, we will publish it, allowing wine buyers and wine sectors in other countries to monitor latest trends and products. We also aim to publish photographs of the fruit and the New Zealand terroir that is now producing some of the most sought-after wines in the world.
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Wine Successes
02/10/2015 16:02
A Marlborough sauvignon blanc has been named the Supreme Champion Wine in Show at the International Aromatic Wine Competition.
The Marlborough Sounds Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 beat 340 other entries to take the top spot. The competition, now in its thirteenth year is run in...
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28/08/2015 16:39
An Auckland Chardonnay and a Hawke’s Bay cabernet sauvignon merlot have starred at this year’s Romeo Bragato Wine Awards.
Grown by Brett Donaldson, the Villa Maria Single Vineyard Ihumatao Chardonnay 2013 won the coveted Bragato Trophy - Champion Single Vineyard Wine and the Bill Irwin...
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17/08/2015 17:54
The USA has overtaken Australia to become New Zealand wine’s largest export market by value, according to the 2015 Annual Report of New Zealand Winegrowers.
Now valued at $372 million, up 13 per cent, the US market accounted for around one quarter of wine exports in June year end...
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14/08/2015 13:45
Assemblé is a new release from Daniel Le Brun, owner and winemaker of Nº 1 Family Estate.
It is being billed as the first wine in New Zealand to be labelled as “Methode Marlborough” instead of Methode Traditionelle.
The wine was released today (August 14) at the official opening of Wine...
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22/07/2015 21:25
Six-point-five per cent of all wines entered in last week’s Spiegelau International Wine Competition were awarded a gold medal, resulting in 83 wines receiving a score of 18.5 or more out of 20.
There were 248 silver medals and 519 bronze also awarded.
Commenting...
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24/06/2015 20:05
Toi Toi Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 has been recognised as the top of its class, after it was awarded Best Sauvignon Blanc at the prestigious San Francisco International Wine Competition 2015.
Judged by a panel of wine experts, the San Francisco International Wine Competition is...
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08/06/2015 17:17
By Graham Hawkes
New Zealand Winegrowers seems to be countering some negative media coverage of this year’s smaller grape harvest.
Some television news coverage has concentrated on the smaller yields and has quoted some wine sector people saying there is going to be significantly less...
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03/06/2015 15:25
Early next month Marlborough will host the country’s first major Organic and Biodynamic Winegrowing Conference at the Marlborough Convention Centre, marking what organisers say is a coming-of-age for the organic and biodynamic wine movement in New Zealand.
The conference aims to bring...
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26/05/2015 15:07
The Cresswell Jackson New Zealand Wine Trust has awarded funding for two University of Otago projects, both designed to benefit the country’s wine industry.
The first was awarded to Associate Professor David J Burritt of the Department of Botany to undertake research...
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16/05/2015 13:14
New Zealand First wants an inquiry into the performance of passenger rail, rail freight and sea freight and especially the effect of these transport modes on regional economic development.
“Something is seriously amiss with integrated rail and sea freight,” says New Zealand First...
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Wine Technology
14/10/2015 16:13
Ongoing wine research by Dr Wendy Parr of Lincoln University indicates that while minerality is not a figment of tasters’ sensorial imagination, the source of the perception remains a mystery, and the description should be used with caution in formal wine tasting and judging...
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22/09/2015 12:57
A new type of genetic test being performed by a liquid-handling robot at Lincoln University is taking DNA testing to the next level with its ability to deliver five times the standard amount of data used to identify grapevine varieties.
Developed by Dr Darrell Lizamore at Lincoln University...
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30/05/2014 11:11
One grey day in Wellington six years ago, Jacqueline Maclaurin had a vision. She saw herself picking grapes in a sun-filled vineyard and treading them with her bare feet. About the same time, she realised she was not cut out for an office-bound career.
While she was interested in the...
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18/01/2014 16:50
James Dicey of GrapeVision - a company specialising in vineyard development and management - says its Mt Difficulty client is seeing benefits from the VERY wet June of last year.
James says the event has set the tone for the 2014 season.
“The huge amount of rainfall received in that month fully...
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07/01/2014 10:38
A co-funded project between the Ministry for Primary Industries and New Zealand Winegrowers has resulted in a fact sheet for mechanical thinning and yield reduction for management after fruit set.
Note the disclaimer on the last page of this report, which was published last...
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18/12/2013 15:26
Mission Estate is heading into the third and final year of a major study on organic grape-growing – a trial that may potentially see this influential winery make a significant commitment to increasing its organics production.
The Organic Focus Vineyard Project is New Zealand’s first public...
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18/12/2013 10:29
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) is replanting vines at its Marlborough Campus vineyard to trial some new and classic varieties along with a new type of steel trellising post.
The on-campus vineyard consists of 21 rows. Previously, 17 of the 21 rows were planted to pinot...
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Wine Successes
02/10/2015 16:02
A Marlborough sauvignon blanc has been named the Supreme Champion Wine in Show at the International Aromatic Wine Competition.
The Marlborough Sounds Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 beat 340 other entries to take the top spot. The competition, now in its thirteenth year is run in...
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28/08/2015 16:39
An Auckland Chardonnay and a Hawke’s Bay cabernet sauvignon merlot have starred at this year’s Romeo Bragato Wine Awards.
Grown by Brett Donaldson, the Villa Maria Single Vineyard Ihumatao Chardonnay 2013 won the coveted Bragato Trophy - Champion Single Vineyard Wine and the Bill Irwin...
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17/08/2015 17:54
The USA has overtaken Australia to become New Zealand wine’s largest export market by value, according to the 2015 Annual Report of New Zealand Winegrowers.
Now valued at $372 million, up 13 per cent, the US market accounted for around one quarter of wine exports in June year end...
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14/08/2015 13:45
Assemblé is a new release from Daniel Le Brun, owner and winemaker of Nº 1 Family Estate.
It is being billed as the first wine in New Zealand to be labelled as “Methode Marlborough” instead of Methode Traditionelle.
The wine was released today (August 14) at the official opening of Wine...
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22/07/2015 21:25
Six-point-five per cent of all wines entered in last week’s Spiegelau International Wine Competition were awarded a gold medal, resulting in 83 wines receiving a score of 18.5 or more out of 20.
There were 248 silver medals and 519 bronze also awarded.
Commenting...
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24/06/2015 20:05
Toi Toi Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 has been recognised as the top of its class, after it was awarded Best Sauvignon Blanc at the prestigious San Francisco International Wine Competition 2015.
Judged by a panel of wine experts, the San Francisco International Wine Competition is...
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08/06/2015 17:17
By Graham Hawkes
New Zealand Winegrowers seems to be countering some negative media coverage of this year’s smaller grape harvest.
Some television news coverage has concentrated on the smaller yields and has quoted some wine sector people saying there is going to be significantly less...
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03/06/2015 15:25
Early next month Marlborough will host the country’s first major Organic and Biodynamic Winegrowing Conference at the Marlborough Convention Centre, marking what organisers say is a coming-of-age for the organic and biodynamic wine movement in New Zealand.
The conference aims to bring...
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26/05/2015 15:07
The Cresswell Jackson New Zealand Wine Trust has awarded funding for two University of Otago projects, both designed to benefit the country’s wine industry.
The first was awarded to Associate Professor David J Burritt of the Department of Botany to undertake research...
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16/05/2015 13:14
New Zealand First wants an inquiry into the performance of passenger rail, rail freight and sea freight and especially the effect of these transport modes on regional economic development.
“Something is seriously amiss with integrated rail and sea freight,” says New Zealand First...
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