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Wine at New World

Your wine guide bought to you by our wine experts.

Expand your knowledge of wine, from what wine to pick, tasting notes and food pairing, to the fascinating history of your favourite varietal we've got you covered when it comes to wine.

The best of wine at New World

Wine Awards Competition Details 

The New World Wine Awards 2022 are underway. See the key dates here.

Top 50 Wine Finder

Gold medal-winning wines for your occasion and budget from the 2021 New World Wine Awards.

Wine recipes

Cooking with wine can help you enhance your dish's flavour, whether that’s adding white wine to a risotto or using red wine to make a red wine jus. Enjoy these recipes where the wine adds the x-factor to each dish.

New World Wine Awards

The judges swirled, sniffed, sipped, tasted and debated more than a thousand wines to find the Top 50 drops, and New World made them available for you to share and enjoy.

Discover more about wine

With so many types of wine to choose from, we've got all the information you need to find your new favourite drop. 

Discover the Zero Zone

Our wide range of drinks and recipes under 0.5% alcohol by volume have you sorted. Check out our Zero Zone for inspiration.

Wine styles

Learn about the different types of wine and varietals, and the difference in taste and how to choose a wine you like.

Popular varietal wines & grape varieties

Discover common wine varietals and what to expect from each type of wine.

Regions

A summary of the New Zealand and European wine regions and the grape varieties associated with them.

Wine and cheese matching

Wine and cheese is a match made in heaven. Follow our simple matching tips for a flavour explosion!

Food and wine pairing 101

Find out which different foods which complement our best known wine varietals. 

Seafood and wine pairing

Our guide for pairing wine and seafood will look at a variety of delicious fish and shellfish, and help you find a wine that perfectly complements your meal. 

Wine tasting

Bring out your inner wine buff with our bluffers guide to wine tasting.

Past medal winners

Check here the historic results of the New World Wine Awards judging, since 2003.

Lower or reduced alcohol wines

Good news for consumers looking for low or no alcoholic drinks - there's much more to choose from these days.

Premium NZ wine

Premium New Zealand Selection of wines retailing over $25 picked by expert judges.

Storing wine

While many wines are great when consumed young, there are many that benefit from storing.

Serving wine

With so many shapes of wine glasses on the market, it can become confusing knowing which wine glass to purchase.

How wine is made

Just like bread, wine relies on the action of yeast to create alcohol and carbon dioxide in a process called fermentation.

History of Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir has come of age in NZ. From humble beginnings, see how this varietal has become one of our favourite red wines.

History of wine

It wasn't until around 1836 that the first grapes were bought into New Zealand.

Vintage

Although a particular wine will have the same name on the bottle, each vintage produces different characteristics.

Trivia

One of the great advantages of wine (apart from drinking it) is the amazing amount of information available on the subject.

Corks or caps?

Caps don't have the romantic flourish of cork removal, but they have one huge advantage over cork.

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