'Sustainable' wine entries up
'Sustainable' wine entries up
The number of "sustainable" wine entries from Otago in this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards is nearly double last year's figure.
Wine industry
Central recovering after early pain
Central recovering after early pain
Land values may have halved and some businesses have been placed in receivership but the Central Otago wine industry appears to be over the worst.
Wine industry facing difficult few years
Wine industry facing difficult few years
The wine industry has endured a tough few years, but those tough times appear not to be over just yet. Agribusiness editor Neal Wallace reports overproduction of grapes and plummeting asset values will force vineyards and wineries to amalgamate, and some to fail.