She gives wine cellar advice to The Queen, writes for the world's top wine reference guides and is one of the world's most respected wine commentators.
Masks have been part of Indian Ink's productions since its inception and its latest production Kiss the Fish is no exception. Rebecca Fox asks what influence masks have on a theatre production.
Starting your own theatre company and making it sustainable is hard work, but it does not mean you cannot have fun along the way. Rebecca Fox talks to Holly Chappell about disasters.
A three-year trial has shown it's reasonably simple to convert to organic wine production in Central Otago, provided there's the desire to do so and the financial backing, Gibbston Valley Wines (GVW) vineyard manager Grant Rolston says.
Being awarded the Caroline Plummer Fellowship for 2015 is a dream come true for Uzoamaka Nwankpa. Rebecca Fox talks to the Nigerian nurse and dancer about what she has called the ''Uzo Method Project''.
The Cape presented a few challenges for English-born director Bronwyn Wallace, writes Rebecca Fox.
The Wellington region's food, wine and craft beer scene is about to be celebrated by the city's annual Wellington on a Plate festival. Rebecca Fox finds out that behind many of the stoves and tankards are Otago-raised or trained chefs and brewers.
Seven Queenstown restaurants are joining 20 others nationwide in the annual Pinot and Duck Tasting trail.
Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko returns to Dunedin this month to perform with the Southern Sinfonia. Renowned for his ''passionate pianism'' and authoritative performances of Russian concertos,...
Opening up dialogue about contemporary Maori art is important, Wellington Maori art curator Megan Tamati-Quennell says.
Artist Nigel Brown is leaving behind the windswept, wide open spaces of his Cosy Nook, Southland, property for the ''crowded'' streets of Dunedin. Going from a rural to urban outlook is bound to affect his work, he tells Rebecca Fox.
Our capital city is beamed into our homes most nights as our politicians argue and bicker, and we might visit for business or the odd concert or sports event. But what else does Wellington have to offer? Rebecca Fox finds out.
Recipe books with Otago connections scooped the awards at the annual Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
Pitching good against evil is an age-old storytelling trick that has not dimmed in modern times. Opera Otago is taking the bold step of bringing Mozart's comic opera The Magic Flute into the 21st century, writes Rebecca Fox.
The old saying ''necessity is the mother of invention'' is behind New Zealand singer and performer Helen Medlyn's latest skill set. Rebecca Fox finds out how she is combining her two greatest passions: driving and music.
The first batch of students from the Otago Polytechnic's bachelor of culinary arts course graduate this weekend. Rebecca Fox talks to Rosie McLean about finding her way in the food world and winning one of the polytechnic's top four awards, the Otago Daily Times award for personal achievement.
A love of Victorian writers, and personal connections with the southwest of England led to Margaret Bannister's fascination with English author Thomas Hardy. Rebecca Fox discovers what led the Otago Daily Times book reviewer to explore Hardy's countryside in Dorset.
Learning to lay tiles and apply grout are not the usual skills one attributes to an artist but Zina Swanson does not shy away from hard work for her art, writes Rebecca Fox.
The recent importation of cocoa beans from Samoa has been an experiment Dunedin chocolate maker Liz Rowe has revelled in.
Two New Zealand choreographers and a dancer from Bosnia had one thing in common when approaching the Royal New Zealand Ballet's production of Salute, Remember World War 1: a feeling of trepidation, reports Rebecca Fox
