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A big thanks It is great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at meetings and taking the same down at the end. Also, please remember to take your table’s spittoons/water jugs/cracker plates back to the kitchen. PLEASE...

It was great to have a Central Otago winery present to us by Justin, the North Island and Australian sales manager presenting. We had 32 people attend, with lively and enquiring discussions and somewhat very different tastings to experience. We...

@August NZ House & Garden Douro Valley, Portugal / Getty The idea of a blended wine isn’t news to wine lovers. Wines are individually made then mixed together to achieve the product you see on the shelf. Bordeaux wines are...

 john.lewis@odt.co.nz | 21 June 2024 University of Otago food science senior lecturer Dr Biniam Kebede has been awarded $300,000 in funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to carry out a new research project aimed at protecting New...

What a brilliant evening! For those that couldn’t attend, you missed a good evening. We had 22 in attendance. The evening’s presenter was Manu, Misty Cove’s South African born, and French trained Chief Winemaker. He spoke with us, answering questions...

Wine with Altitude | Peregrine Wines Wednesday 9th October, 8 pm Start Door Price: Members $14 / Guests $18 Taking a ‘hands on’ approach to winemaking since 1998 the McLachlan family strive to produce wines that embody the absolute best...

Six of our Club joined Western Hills Wine Society for a Rockburn evening. The Western Hills Wine Society sent an invitation to us, which was shared along with our last newsletter, to join them for their wine club evening hosted...

Those of you who watch Country Calendar may have seen Churton Wines on Sunday 28th July 2024. PRODUCING SOULFUL, ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED WINES FROM OUR DISTINCTIVE HILLSIDE VINEYARD IN MARLBOROUGH, NEW ZEALAND For the past 30 years Sam and Mandy Weaver...