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Record entries for NZ Spirits Awards 2022
Organisers of the 2022 New Zealand Spirits Awards are reporting a record number of entries for this year’s event…
Lion NZ expands hospo wellbeing programme
Lion NZ is expanding its Healthy Hospo health and wellbeing programme to offer in-person events around New Zealand in 2022…
Sustainability snapshot of NZ wine industry
New Zealand Winegrowers has released its 2022 Sustainability Report, providing a snapshot of the local wine industry’s sustainability journey…
Entries open for Hospitality Awards for Excellence
Entries are now open for the Hospitality Awards for Excellence – the largest and longest-running national hospitality awards…
Industry calls for beer tax relief ahead of excise hike
The Brewers Association, Brewers Guild of New Zealand and Hospitality NZ are calling for a cut in keg beer tax ahead of the upcoming excise tax increase…
Ukraine hospo launches global fundraising effort
A group of spirits industry professionals in Ukraine is asking for help from bars around the world as it fundraises for those affected by the Russian invasion…
East Imperial wins big at Tonic & Mixers Masters Comp
Kiwi mixer brand East Imperial has won eight awards at the recent Tonic & Mixers Masters Competition in London…
Hawke’s Bay’s F.A.W.C back for winter
Gourmet Hawke’s Bay event F.A.W.C is returning for winter with more than 45 events planned across four weekends in June…
Central Otago wine chosen for digital marketplace project
The Central Otago wine industry has been selected as one of three business groups to participate in the Digital Cluster Initiative pilot programme…
Four Pillars becomes first carbon neutral gin distillery in Australia
Four Pillars Gin has announced it is the first carbon neutral gin distillery in Australia, as it unveils a AUD$7 million dollar upgrade to its Yarra Valley HQ…
Tickets on sale for NZ Spirits Awards 2022
Tickets are now on sale for the 2022 New Zealand Spirits Awards presentation evening, to be held in Auckland on 10 June…
NZ Winegrowers launches petition for white wine emoji
New Zealand Winegrowers is to petition the Unicode Consortium to develop a white wine emoji…
Pints with Purpose
Hospitality company New Zealand Venue Co. has announced it will donate $1 from selected pints and mocktails sold across its venues to the Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal…
Vaccine passes, mandates to end, hospo capacity doubles
Hospitality businesses can welcome 200 people indoors from this weekend as part of government changes that will also see an end to vaccine passes and mandates from early April…
NZIER report highlights innovation in alcohol industry
The NZ Alcohol Beverages Council says a new report shows that innovation around local skills, social change and sustainability has been key to the alcohol industry’s significant economic contribution…
Hospitality NZ welcomes early border change
Hospitality New Zealand says the earlier border opening to Australian and visa-waiver countries before winter will save many businesses from collapse…
Record entries for New World Beer & Cider Awards
Judges in this year’s New World Beer & Cider Awards have assessed nearly 700 entries in a day of judging across three regions…
Entries open for NZ Spirits Awards 2022
Entries for the NZ Spirits Awards 2022 are now open with this year’s competition featuring an expanded range of categories…
Broken Heart named World’s Best Pure Neutral Vodka
New Zealand vodka Broken Heart has been named the World’s Best Pure Neutral Vodka at the World Vodka Awards…
Russian vodka in spotlight after invasion of Ukraine
Calls for boycotts of Russian vodka following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen product removed from many shelves around the world and prompted Stoli Group to clarify that it has no operations in Russia…