Hawke’s Bay harvest bodes well for 2015 vintage
The Hawke’s Bay wine region looks set to enjoy its third consecutive year of great vintages.
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Twelve questions with Sara Tucker from Lion
Neil Miller recently interviewed Sara Tucker, a new addition to Lion’s senior management team.
New wine fits the bill
A new, affordable wine range launched in New Zealand recently. It was introduced via a quirky PR and social media campaign as follows.
Mission celebrates 30 years of barrel fermenting Chardonnay
1983 was the year that Mission Estate winemaker, Paul Mooney, made New Zealand’s first handpicked, whole bunch pressed and barrel fermented Chardonnay. These traditional French techniques have since gone on to become industry best practice for producing premium New Zealand Chardonnay.
Fresh hop Harvest Pilsner set to go nationwide
Tracy Banner’s fresh hop Harvest Pilsner has won five medals in five years at the Brewers Guild of New Zealand awards and the Sprig & Fern owner and head brewer is quietly confident the 2015 brew will continue that winning streak.
Treasury Wines to sell wineries
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has put four wineries up for sale, in a raft of major changes.
Big penalty for ‘Aussie Beer’ – made in China
The Independent Liquor Group (ILG) has paid a penalty of more than A$10,000 after receiving an infringement notice by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in relation to its ‘Aussie Beer’ product.
Villa Maria among ‘Top 5 wineries in the world’
On the back of new figures showing wine exports have reached a record $1.37b, one of New Zealand’s leading wineries has been ranked among the top five anywhere in the world.
Gunn Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2014 a Hawke’s Bay classic
The newly released Gunn Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2014 is a classic of its kind and a clear illustration of this varietal’s popular appeal.
It’s 2015 and yet some stores had to fight for the right to sell a 12 pack of beer
Sometimes in New Zealand we rightly wonder if the rules and regulations imposed by Parliament and local councils go too far.
Two years in the making: Speight’s. We Will.
Called We Will, it features Little Henry, a not-so-little Kiwi bloke who asks his mates to help him create his dream shed, and gets the response befitting a bunch of worthy blokes.