Mark Henderson

At the Sauvignon Blanc Celebration in Marlborough earlier this year, a couple of influential overseas critics cautioned against wholesale changes to the style of wine.

Glance around the shelves of the local wine shop and medal stickers glisten temptingly from all sides.

Mark Henderson shares tips on learning more about wine.

A recent Sunday afternoon saw 15 friends and wine-lovers crowd my lounge to take part in the annual Blind Chicken Wine Options competition, Mark Henderson writes.

Recent years have seen more and more talk of sub-regionality in Central Otago: so rather than a Central style, we should think of the wines from Bannockburn, or Bendigo, Gibbston or Alexandra as being quite distinct, reviewer Mike Henderson says.

I recently attended a masterclass of d'Arenberg wines with winemaker Toby Porter. D'Arenberg is one of Australia's "First Families of Wine'', with four generations of family ownership dating back over 100 years, and is based a short drive south of Adelaide in McLaren Vale.