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As always, please do not attend the evening’s presentation if you are feeling unwell. Thanks, your committee.

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  1. Read our Membership rules
  2. Complete the online membership form or download and complete the print form and bring with you to our next tasting
  3. Join us at our next event.

Try before you join

We encourage you to join us as a guest including paying the guest price for events before you join. So feel free to attend one or two events to make sure. After that sign-up and well you’ll receive all the benefits of membership.

Cost to members

We try to keep the cost to members as affordable as possible. Our subscriptions are $25/year, and our door charge is between $10 to $20 each event, depending on the support offered by the presenters which cover the cost of wines we are tasting on the night, light supper, room hire & presenter gifts.

Blog

Wine in 2025: key trends to shape the global industry

Editor – 31 March, 2025
Sophie Arundel db | 7 January 2025 From experiential marketing to bright whites, 2025 is set to see trends prioritising wellness, innovation and sustainability, according to a report by AF&CO. As we look ahead to wine in 2025, the industry is undergoing a transformation driven by shifting consumer preferences, climate challenges, and generational tastes. From low-alcohol wines to experiential offerings,...
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New Zealand wine sales in US increase, for 16th year in a row

Editor – 31 March, 2025
Morningreport | 21 April 2023 Sales of New Zealand wine have increased in the US - "a bright spot in an otherwise declining import sector", the New Zealand Winegrowers industry body says. The increase, for 2024, marks the sixteenth year in a row that retail sales of New Zealand wines within the US have gone up, the new report from...
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Committee Musings April ’25

EvelynD – 31 March, 2025
AGM The committee has begun preparations for the forthcoming AGM and the formal Agenda for this meeting. Included with the agenda are a number of Notices of Motion that relate to proposed changes to our club rules. The reasons for these changes are also set out in the attachment. Thank you We also continue to be delighted and thankful of...
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Gold Medal Winners from the New Zealand International Wine Show October 2024

EvelynD – 31 March, 2025
Hosted by Wayne Kennedy, Murray Jaspers and Michael Kuus Wednesday 9th April, 8 pm Start Door Price: Members $16 / Guests $20 Immediately after the Gold Medal Winners from the New Zealand International Wine Show were announced last October, your club set out to acquire three bottles of seven gold medal wines for us to taste this month. April was...
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Kiwi winemaker takes top accolade in the Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards

Editor – 3 March, 2025
Charlotte Cowan, The Shout | February 27, 2025 Winemaker Diana Katardzhieva “Best Woman Winemaker” 2025 Sakura Women’s Wine Awards Whitehaven Senior Winemaker Diana Katardzhieva has been named “Best Woman Winemaker” for still white wines at the 2025 Sakura Women’s Wine Awards. Both the 2024 Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc and 2023 Chardonnay were also awarded the top accolade of Diamond Trophy. Now...
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Gisborne winemaker cancels harvest after motorcycle accident

Editor – 3 March, 2025
Gisborne Herald 12th Feb 2025 Gisborne winemaker Geoff Wright has been forced to cancel this year’s grape harvest after breaking his leg in a motorcycle accident. Wright, who owns Wrights Vineyard and Winery with wife Nicola, was set to begin picking their organically grown grapes at Ormond and Manutūkē — usually one of the first harvests in the district. But...
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Australia’s Treasury Wine drops planned sale of cheaper brands, cuts profit guidance

Editor – 3 March, 2025
By Byron Kaye and Sherin Sunny, Reuters | February 13, 2025 Bottles of Penfolds wine are on sale at a wine shop in central Sydney August 4, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo Penfolds wine producer Treasury Wine Estates (TWE.AX), opens new tab pulled the sale of its cheap drinks division after failing to find an attractive offer and cut its prediction...
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Committee Musings Mar ’25

EvelynD – 3 March, 2025
Condolenses The committee sent flowers and a card to Gayl to note Mike’s passing, and there was a good turnout at the celebration of his life on Friday 21st Feb, with stories coming from family, friends and work colleagues. Amusing anecdote - The Need to Watch What You Buy Occurred in the preparation for the event on 21st. The following...
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Looking Back – Del Mundo with Lucus

EvelynD – 3 March, 2025
2023 Rosé - 100% Cabernet Sauvignon (Medoc, France) We started the evening with a French Chateau Laubespin Rosé. Lucus’ presentation was lively with a sprinkling of history and news of the different areas and permitted grape varieties grown in each place, as he took us through an evening of Italian and Spanish wines. The evening was well attended with 37...
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Tasting – Mission Wines, Hawkes Bay w/Tammy Edwards

EvelynD – 3 March, 2025
A heritage like no other - Mission Estate Winery Wednesday 12th March, 8pm Door Price: Members $6 / Guests $10 Reaching NZ shores in 1838, pioneering French missionaries founded a legacy. From their many accomplishments now interwoven throughout history came New Zealand’s first winery, Mission , in 1851. Their inspiration, a legacy, continues. Today their vineyards span two of NZ’s best...
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