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Stephanie Holmes, Editor - Lifestyle Brands NZ Herald | May, 2025 New Zealand's top 50 wineries have been named in an annual awards list. Blair Walter, winemaker from Central Otago...

Mid-year dinner July is your Club’s mid-year dinner. This July it is to be held at Le Bouillon Bel Air Restaurant in Tory Street, Wellington CBD. The event cost is...

AGM Following the AGM, the committee received confirmation that the Club website was now up to date with all the AGM reports, as well as the new club rules. Starting...

Thanks to all those that attended the Club’s AGM. It was a short and succinct meeting, with all the important matters passed or discussed in a timely matter. For those...

Wednesday 11th June | 8 pm start Door Price: Members $15 / Guests $19 Cellar Door Bladen Wines - 83  Conders Bend Road, Renwick, Marlborough In 1989, Christine and Dave...

Stephen Wong MW in The Real Review | May 12, 2025 It is that time of year—the culmination of a year’s worth of tastings and reviews, averaging just under 2,000...

@April NZ House and Garden  The ‘heartbreak grape’ Pinot Noir Pinot noir is a beloved wine variety in NZ, favoured for its elegantly balanced fruit, florals and lithe profile. It’s...

The French dinner, advertised to the Club by Murray, who couldn’t attend, was hosted by Mission wines. As a follow up the Mission evening in March, a few of us...

Thanks It was great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at the start of last months’ meeting and taking the same down after the meeting. Also taking...

Wayne, with Michael and Murray presenting to the Club What a brilliant evening! Organised by Wayne, who purchased the winning wines in a timely manner so he could secure every...

Douglas Blyde 17Apr 2025 | The London Standard ‘After our first vintage, my Italian viticulture professor came over with tears in his eyes’ The founder of Cloudy Bay wine, David...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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”...

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...

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,...

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...

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...