Central Otago winery Rippon has been recognised as one of the best in the world, placing 11th in the World’s Best Vineyards list for 2023…

Strong export value and increasing international demand will help support further export growth despite a challenging season, says New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW)…

Yealands Wines Chief Winemaker Natalie Christensen has won the coveted White Winemaker of the Year Trophy at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) awards ceremony in London…

Lion has moved to 100% ownership of Australian gin brand Four Pillars…

Kaiser Brew Garden of Christchurch has won the Supreme Award at the 2023 Hospitality Awards for Excellence…

Auckland-based wine professional Ina Yoon has been announced as one of ten winners of a major international wine scholarship…

The winners in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants have been announced, with Peruvian restaurant Central taking the coveted top spot in the 2023 list…

Hospitality NZ is calling for the appointment of a Minister of Hospitality from the next government, as well as changes to immigration and alcohol policies, tourism funding and industry training…

The Champion Trophies in the New Zealand Spirits Awards 2023 have been announced, with New Zealand gins dominating the Best Overall in Category Awards…

New Zealand Winegrowers is warning that The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (Community Participation) Bill could be a major blow for New Zealand wine tourism…

Entries are now open for the New Zealand International Wine Show – the largest wine judging competition in the country and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere…

New Zealander Dr John Barker has been elected as the new Director General of The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)…

Hospitality NZ has announced Steve Armitage as the organisation’s new Chief Executive, effective from the 14th of August…

Reefton Distilling Co. has become the first New Zealand distillery to sell whisky to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) in Scotland…

New Zealand breweries have scooped all three Champion International Brewery trophies at the 2023 Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) held in Melbourne…

Entries are now open for the New Zealand Beer Awards, which recognise excellence in beer and honour outstanding achievements across New Zealand’s brewing industry…

Hawke’s Bay has been named a ‘Great Wine Capital’ of the world’, setting it alongside 11 other prestigious wine regions such as Bordeaux, Napa Valley, Bilbao, and Adelaide…

The inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium is to be held in Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke’s Bay on 5-6 October 2023…

Bacardi Limited has announced the appointment of Luiz Schmidt as Managing Director of Bacardi in Australia and New Zealand…

Some of Aotearoa’s newest, smallest and most remote craft breweries have won a place in the just-announced New World Beer & Cider Awards Top 30…