Some 2013 sauvignon blanc could be hitting the shelves earlier this year thanks to the short 2012 harvest and strong demand for Marlborough's flagship wine.

Scientists investigating mechanical thinning of grape crops to cut costs and improve profitability stumbled across an unexpected benefit, wine industry representatives learnt at a Grape Days seminar in Blenheim last week.

New Zealand Winegrowers has hailed 2013 as "one of the best vintages in history," with producers also welcoming a crop 28 percent bigger than in 2012.

Australia's Tahbilk Estate is hoping to become the world's first 'naturally' carbon-neutral winery after achieving a net zero balance of carbon emissions in 2012.

Today there are less than 50 hectares which generally produce wines that are much closer to the quality which prompted Jancis Robinson, the eminent British winewriter, to classify the grape as a classic in her book, Vines , Grapes and Wines.

The New Zealand Winegrowers Association says winemakers across the country are heralding the 2013 grape harvest as one of the best, but those in the Central Otago industry remain cautious.

Jeff Byrne is the chief winemaker for Australia's Agnew Wines, whose portfolio includes the Cockfighter's Ghost and Poole's Rock labels as well as the Audrey Wilkinson range of Hunter Valley wines.

The retreat by the Australian dollar since May has provided comfort to Casella Wines' bank lender, National Australia Bank, with a deal to restructure the winemakers' debt facilities expected to be signed by the end of the financial year.

A first look at vintage quality down under, with eyewitness reports from growers and winemakers

The future of wine tourism and exports is the focus of Federal Parliament's agriculture committee today. Representatives of Wine Australia Corporation will address the committee about its work supporting the development of Australia's wine industry.

New Zealand's Ascension Wine Estate is up for sale after having fallen into receivership.

According to a report in the Marlborough Express, investors Min Jia and Xiumei Lin acquired the business from insolvency practitioner Deloitte after Awatere Valley-based Otuwhero Estate Wines went into receivership in September 2010.

Negociants USA (NUSA), the leading importer of Australian and New Zealand wines for the U.S. market announced an exclusive partnership with Wirra Wirra, a historic winery known for producing high-quality wines from the coveted, premium region of McLaren Vale.

More than 300 hectares of vineyards in Marlborough have been sold to a Chinese company.

Some of the nation's most well known winemakers are striving to lose Australia's reputation for producing 'cheap and cheerful' wine, instead focusing on premium wines that attract higher prices.

Aussies immersing themselves in European wine culture to produce small quantities of wine to sell back home under their own label.

...with fully equipped facilities on the Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga Campus.

New Zealand winery, Ascension Wine Estate in Matakana just north of Auckland, has been put up for sale after going into receivership.

The music of veteran Aussie alt-rock band Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds features in a new tourism campaign celebrating the food and wine of the Barossa Valley.

Mornington Winery Group has collapsed as the wine industry battles against a "double whammy" of high exchange rates and a consolidated retail sector.