Cara Morrison’s award-winning dessert wine features a little something that might raise an eyebrow. But for vineyards, it’s ...

In terms of dandelions, the best time to control them is when they are in the puff ball or shoe fairy stage. (Shoe fairies are the name my grandson gave them years ago while walking through the yard, ...

Also known by its scientific name, Botrytis cinerea, noble rot is a beneficial mold that grows on ripe wine grapes in the vineyard under specific climatic conditions. The mold dehydrates the grapes, ...

Wines made from these berries have a rich, complex, honeyed character and are often high in residual sugar. Botrytis contributes the unique, concentrated flavors in such wines as BA and TBA Rieslings ...

Botrytis cinerea or noble rot on Askerne Wine's semillon grapes. Inset: Kathryn and John Loughlin in the tasting room at Askerne Wine's tasting room in Havelock North. Some say the sweetest juice ...