Mark your calendars for an unforgettable experience happening this time next month, the 24-26th of May 2024. The Chardonnay Affair is back! This spectacular event will span over three days, featuring four distinct happenings that you simply cannot miss. Taste the local Chardonnay, listen to live music, and treat your taste buds with a selection ..read more

Yealands triumphed at The Green World Awards 2024, winning the “Champion of Champions” award, underscoring its leadership and innovation within the global sustainability landscape. The awards, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Monday 25th March 2024, saw Yealands recognized across multiple categories, including wins for Regenerative Practices, Carbon Reduction, Climate Change, and two wins in ..read more

Tickets to the national wine showcase event “Winetopia” have today gone on sale to the general public. Now in it’s 9th year, Winetopia is the largest annual gathering of wineries from all around New Zealand. The event features colourful local and international personalities on the event stages, pop-up eateries and a chance to taste some ..read more

Established in 1985, Negociants New Zealand is a distributor of premium wines from around the world. We are very pleased to present at the 2024 Negociants Fine Wine tour, a selection of highly regarded, award winning wines from New Zealand and Australia. Negociants Fine Wine tour dates are: • Christchurch on Monday 22nd July at ..read more

New Zealand Winegrowers is pleased to announce a new project to develop an industry specific tool for winegrowers to help them develop a Freshwater Farm Plan for their vineyard/property that is individualized, identifies risk and vulnerabilities from the vineyard activities, and mitigations to address them. Freshwater Farm Plans are being introduced to mitigate the impact ..read more

This month we head on over to Waiheke Island to visit Postage Stamp Wines. Inspired by the beauty of Waiheke Island, Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart turned their dream into a reality – ‘A home in paradise surrounded by vineyards.’ THE PEOPLE Postage Stamp Wines owner, Andrew Barnes dreamed of a home overlooking vineyards. Originating ..read more

French Peak Vineyard, where Scottish owners have followed their dreams and made the impressive move to the New Zealand countryside paradise after 13 years in Singapore. Welcome to French Peak, a family-owned vineyard nestled in the heart of paradise in New Zealand. Originally from Scotland, Simon and Carolyn Lints found their passion for viticulture and ..read more

Hot days and cool nights are the stuff of dreams for winemakers leading up to vintage and this year those dreams are a reality in the Wairarapa wine region, with some predicting “one of the greatest vintages ever”. “The excitement for the 2024 vintage is felt by everyone in the region after a super warm ..read more

Our ‘Partner in Wine’ Winesave New Zealand, is having a Mad March Sale – Until the end of March 2024 you can save 20% on all their Exclusive Wine Accessories Range. 20% OFF EXCLUSIVE ACCESSORIES with discount code MADMAR20 Includes all sizes of NOOK Wine Rackshttps://winesave.co.nz/collections/nook-wine-racks Kelvin K2 Smart Bluetooth Wine Thermometerhttps://winesave.co.nz/products/kelvin-k2-smart-wine-thermometer Üllo Wine Purifier ..read more

In this Featured Wine Review I taste a selection of six wines from Paritua, a premium red and white wine vineyard, winery, cellar door and wine shop in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. ‘Truly Great Wine Speaks of the Land in Which it was Born.’ The Paritua vineyard is in the heart of the acclaimed Bridge ..read more