Wine

Last year, John Douglas lost 70 percent of his vineyard to frost. This season he's out in the nerve-jangling wee hours frost-fighting and watching the temperature drop. Audio

After the devastating 2011 Japan earthquake Kohei Koyama re-evaluated his life. The former investment banker came to New Zealand to make wine. Nine months ago he took another step, moving to Urlar… Audio

It's time to dive into the week's news, in the past. This week our resident historian Robert Kelly is pouring a glass of wine and staring at the dregs to try and solve a 120-year-old mystery about New… Audio

Mike Insley began learning Mandarin when he and his wife moved to China to work in a winery in the remote region of Ningxia in 2015. He's brushing up on his Mandarin skills as part of the NZ Chinese… Audio

John Douglas runs the tiny Te Hera vineyard on Te Muna Road just out of Martinborough in South Wairarapa. Pruning is coming to an end and it's been a long hard slog for the former psychiatric nurse… Audio

Wine Science lecturer Rebecca Deed says all a wine's faults can be detected from the aroma, you don't even need to taste it!  Audio

New Zealand wine company Invivo has joined forces with Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker to produce a new brand under her name.  Audio

Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. Food and nutrition writer Nikki Bezzant on a topic that many people often try to avoid -- alcohol consumption -- and what it's… Audio

What is the most you would be willing to pay for a bottle of wine? Audio

Northland grape grower Rod MacIvor says wine production in Northland has taken off. In 1993 there were three wineries, now the local growers association has 40 members. Audio

Eric Asimov is the chief wine critic for the New York Times. He began his career at The New York Times in 1984, first writing about food, and later becoming a wine critic. Eric wrote the book How to… Audio

Joelle Thomson is in the Wellington studio to talk about summer wines to enjoy while the weather is still good. She's got her top five wines she's going to share with Karyn and talk about. Audio

Michael Cooper has just launched his 27th annual wine guide today, and says trends in consumption are affecting local vineyards and exports Audio

You could say Rebecca Deed's stellar career in the science of wine was more accidental than chosen. At secondary school her preferred subjects were English, History and French but her tertiary studies… Audio

Supermarkets are still where most of us pick up our bottles of wine. New World supermarket runs its own annual wine awards and a main consideration is the wines must be under $25. One of the 16 judges… Audio

Sommelier and self-confessed wine geek Curtis Marsh says once a person gets the 'wine virus' there's no cure - "you've just got to keep feeding it wine". Marsh began his career in Wellington around 30… Audio

Yoshiaki and Kyoko Sato refuse to add anything to their wine. The former Tokyo bankers now live in Central Otago where they craft wines from only organically grown grapes. Audio