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Love New Zealand wine? Love to learn about wine? Bookmark our Vinetalk page to follow the journey of our wines from vine to vat to vintage. Follow us on Facebook and you'll get to hear about our special offers and snaffle our latest releases before anyone else. Check out our Instagram account to see where your wine is grown and see the people behind New Zealand Wine Co-Op.

Frost Fighting - How we protect our vines

When many people think of New Zealand, they think of warm sunny summers and relatively mild winters, however this is definitely not the case down in the South Island and in the case of McArthur Ridge and Shaky Bridge, two of the world’s southernmost vineyards, this means extremely changeable weather conditions which need to be constantly monitored in order to keep the vines healthy and ready to produce the award-winning wine each year.

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How long should I let my wine breathe?

Here at the New Zealand Wine Co-Op, we don’t just want to provide you with some of New Zealand’s best wines, we also want to help you to get the most out of these wines and enjoy every last drop. We will be providing lots of hints and tips which will hopefully give you a better understanding of the wine you are drinking and help you to appreciate the skills of the expert winemakers who make up our wonderful co-op.

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Central Otago - Exploring New Zealand Wine Regions

Perhaps nowhere else on earth are wines as hard won as from this sometimes inhospitable but beautiful landscape. New Zealand winemakers have come together to turn this into an award-winning region which has earned worldwide notoriety for producing superb Pinot Noirs and not to mention an impressive selection of vivid whites.

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Why is New Zealand’s wine so special?

We’re very proud of the wine produced by our fantastic wine growers and winemakers here at New Zealand Wine Co-Op but just what is it that makes New Zealand wine so special? Wines out of New Zealand have been taking the world by storm for quite some time now, winning countless awards worldwide and leaving some of the more established wine producing countries asking ‘where did these guys come from?

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