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Wine news in 5 Wildfires in Chile, New Zealand floods, South Africa starts harvest, Prosecco sales strong

Also: the WHO calls for raised alcohol taxes; more tariff drama; Champagne sales decline, and protests continue at Moët Hennessy. Above, fires still rage in South Africa. Photo by David...

Samantha Cole-Johnson Friday 23 January 2026 • 4 min read

Wine news in 5 Sweetener in French AOC wines, US diet guidelines updated, New Zealand free-trade deal

Plus, Telmont becomes Champagne’s first Regenerative Organic Certified producer, Argentina repeals wine regulations and the EU rules on de-alcoholised wine. New Zealand’s free-trade deal with India On 22 December, New...

Samantha Cole-Johnson Saturday 10 January 2026 • 1 min read

Wine news in 5 Michelin takes on wine, France's yield estimates fall, Ukrainian wine stolen in London

Samantha Cole-Johnson Saturday 18 October 2025 • 1 min read

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NZ overtakes Germany in UK

I have to say that I am saddened by today's news that New Zealand has overtaken Germany as supplier of...

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The making of a wine region

Steve Harrop, author of The Three Harrops – an update, sent this report last week on the 2010 vintage in...

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NZ's new crop, incl sweet wines

As heralded in NZ sweet wines at last, New Zealand Winegrowers held their annual generic tasting in London on 12...

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NZ – Wellington for winos

Pinot Noir New Zealand 2010 has already begun today in Wellington and continues for the rest of the week. The...

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NZ sweet wines at last

One important feature of tomorrow’s annual generic tasting of New Zealand wines in its major export market the UK will...

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Hidden treasure in Hawke's Bay

Rod Easthope, winemaker at Craggy Range in New Zealand with quite a bit of South African winemaking experience under his...

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Ambition in Marlborough

To European colonists, the Marlborough region in New Zealand must have looked ideal for grape-growing: striking hillsides offering every thinkable...

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Cloudy Bay winemaker's own Sauvignon

3 Jun 2011: Monty Waldin gives us an indepth technical profile on Greywacke. Kevin Judd, for more than 20 years...

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Four top NZ wineries

A request in this thread in member's forum for tasting notes for the admirable Dog Point wines reminded me that...

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NZ really does go green

English-born, Melbourne-based wine writer Max Allen, who is in the process of explaining biodynamics to the Australian wine industry via...

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NZ learns new tricks

This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See 160 new NZ tasting notes...

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Old and New Zealand

We have just added a further 45 tasting notes to the original 115, so can now offer descriptions of 160...

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NZ – another bumper harvest

As predicted in Marlborough 2009 – another glut, official figures suggest that the 2009 vintage will be about as big...

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Japan in Martinborough

This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. On my last visit to New...

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Kusuda Wines – the tasting notes

Below are notes I took at the home of Hiro Kusuda in New Zealand in February 2009. See my profile...

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Whither New Zealand Sauvignon?

After 30 years of captivating consumers with distinctive flavours ranging from gooseberry to nettles via passionfruit, cat’s pee, asparagus, citrus...