Winemakers in Wairarapa are worried about vintage because of the weird summer New Zealand experienced. But in Marlborough, Brancott Estate is excited about the prospect of concentrated and flavoursome wines to come off the vines this year.

An opportunity to learn from industry experts and experience a cross section of business in the horticultural industry brought together six of the country’s top young horticulturists to a training forum at Bayer New Zealand’s head office in Auckland this month.

A push to sell more New Zealand wine into China and Asia is behind the significant number of our wineries showing at Vinexpo Asia Pacific next month. 

It isn’t hard to think of reasons to drink a great pinot noir, but the folk at Amisfield Wine Company decided that marking their tenth harvest with a few sips was a good excuse.