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Double win for Nelson bar at major cocktail comp
Nelson bar Kismet is celebrating a double win for two of its team at Beam Suntory’s The Perfect Blend cocktail competition…
Fantail & Turtle named NZ’s best gastropub
Fantail & Turtle has been named the Supreme Champion of the inaugural Estrella Damm Top 50 New Zealand Gastropubs…
Top international honour for Michael Brajkovich MW
Michael Brajkovich of Kumeu River Wines has been honoured as the 2024 Winemakers’ Winemaker at ProWein in Germany...
NWBCA entries reflect NZ beer trends
Judging for the 2024 New World Beer & Cider Awards is underway with the more than 600 entries described as a snapshot of wider beer trends…
Entries open for 2024 NZ Spirits Awards
Entries have opened for this year’s New Zealand Spirits Awards with final results to be announced in September…
Entries open for AIBA 2024
Entries are now open for the 2024 Australian International Beer Awards…
Kiwi distillery tops Golds at World Gin Awards 2024
The Coromandel Distilling Company in Thames has won five Gold medals for its Awildian Gins at the World Gin Awards...
Thomson Whisky named ‘Rising Star’ by major UK site
New Zealand’s Thomson Whisky has received a prestigious global accolade from The Whisky Exchange UK…
Last call for International Brewing & Cider Awards
The clock is ticking for entries into this year’s International Brewing & Cider Awards, with registration closing on 31 January...
Entries open for New World Beer & Cider Awards
Entries have opened for the New World Beer & Cider Awards, offering brewers and cidermakers a chance at making the Top 30 list and receiving nationwide sales and promotion…
Top honour for EuroVintage’s Nick Hern
Founder and CEO of EuroVintage, Nick Hern, has been made a Knight of the French Order of Agricultural Merit…
Estrella Damm Top 50 NZ Gastropub Awards launches
Hospitality NZ has launched a consumer-driven competition to find the best gastropubs around New Zealand…
Winners of the Marlborough Wine Show
Isabel Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021 has been named the Champion Wine of the 2023 Marlborough Wine Show…
Alena Kamper wins Young Winemaker of the Year
Alena Kamper from Sacred Hill in Hawke’s Bay has been named the 2023 Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemaker of the Year...
Pick of the bunch at the Marlborough Wine Show
More than 550 entries were assessed for this year’s Marlborough Wine Show, with the panel of 17 judges awarding 46 Golds to wines of all varieties from across Marlborough’s subregions…
World’s 50 Best Bars 2023 revealed
Sips in Barcelona has been announced as No.1 on the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023…
New World reveals its Top 50 for 2023
New World has released its list of ‘Top 50 Wines under $25’ for 2023, after judges assessed more than 1,200 entries…
NY bartender wins top title in World’s 50 Best Bars
GN Chan, co-founder of Double Chicken Please in New York, has been named the winner of Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award 2023…
2023 Young Winemaker competitions underway
The 2023 Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemaker of the Year competitions are underway with events being held around the country…
Argentina’s Tres Monos wins Art of Hospo title in World’s 50 Best Bars
Tres Monos in Buenos Aires has been rated the single best bar hospitality experience in the world, winning Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023…