Warmer than usual weather in Marlborough and Hawke’s Bay this year has resulted in some vineyards seeing record profits.

For the fourth consecutive year, Villa Maria has taken out the Supreme Wine of the Show and Champion Chardonnay at the Gisborne Regional Wine Awards with its undisputedly high performing wine, the Reserve Barrique Fermented Chardonnay.

Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand’s second largest wine region, will play host to the 28th Air New Zealand Wine Awards this November.

Auckland based online-only wine retailer Rewined www.rewined.co.nz has noted an interesting trend in the buying habits of Kiwi wine drinkers.

Nelson Wineart is pleased to announce this year’s Nelson New Release Tasting Event will offer local wine aficionados the chance to taste the new releases of more winemakers than ever before in the event’s six year history.

New releases, new wine labels and award-winners will be on offer at this year’s Hot Red Hawke’s Bay, the region’s flagship wine event being held next week.

A meta-analysis of multiple studies across animal species has found no evidence that resveratrol, the ingredient trumpeted as a health benefit in red wine, actually leads to higher-order species’ such as humans living longer.

Villa Maria has pulled off the extraordinary, taking out Supreme Wine of the Show for the third consecutive year at the Gisborne Regional Wine Awards 2013.

Villa Maria has received two gold medals at the prestigious International Wine Challenge in London.

Golds were awarded to the Single Vineyard Southern Clays Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012 and the Private Bin Hawkes Bay Syrah 2010.

A new range of ‘Landscape’ wines has just ben launched as part of the much loved Whitecliff family of wines.

The 2012 Landscape range includes Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Shiraz.