The Brewers Association is welcoming the drawing of a Member’s Bill that would make it easier for venues to meet low-alcohol requirements…

The Restaurant Association and Hospitality New Zealand have released a roadmap for addressing key challenges facing the hospitality industry…

Free AF is making its debut at world-renowned festival Coachella in partnership with LA-based non-alcoholic retailer The New Bar…

Hospitality New Zealand is welcoming news that a proposal to remove trading restrictions over Easter, Christmas and ANZAC Day will be debated at Select Committee…

Entries for the 2025 NZ Spirits Awards have opened and organisers have added new categories for this year’s event…

Scapegrace Distilling Co. has launched two new flavoured whiskies from its new distillery in Central Otago…

Lion NZ has installed one of the largest rooftop solar arrays in New Zealand on the country’s biggest brewery in Auckland…

Talk show host Graham Norton was in Marlborough’s Awatere Valley last week to join Invivo Wines co-founders Tim Lightbourne and Rob Cameron for harvest…

A funding boost for regional tourism initiatives is being welcomed by Hospitality New Zealand…

The Fat Duck in Te Anau has been named Supreme Champion at the 2025 Estrella Damm Top 50 New Zealand Gastropubs Awards…

New Zealand Winegrowers says that New Zealand wines have marked their 16th consecutive year of expansion in the U.S. …

Juno Vesta Coffee Vodka from Taranaki’s BeGin Distilling has won a Grand Award at the 2025 Korea Wine & Spirits Awards…

Mission Estate Viticulturist Paul Robinson is the new Chair for the Young Vit programme as the national competition prepares to mark 20 years…

Agave Spirits Ltd, maker of Besos Margarita, has signed a nationwide distribution deal with Federal Merchants & Co…

Misha’s Vineyard has launched two wines as part of a special collaboration with the Four Seasons Resort Langkawi…

Entries are now open for New Zealand’s premier hospitality awards programme – the Lion Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence…

Whitehaven Senior Winemaker Diana Katardzhieva has been named ‘Best Woman Winemaker’ for still white wines at the 2025 Sakura Women's Wine Awards in Japan…

Suntory Oceania has announced Dai Minato as the new CEO of Suntory Beverage & Food Oceania, effective from April 2025…

Three New Zealand wineries have had wines chosen for the second edition of the prestigious World’s Best Sommeliers’ Selection…

The Brewers Association says that new data shows that beer volumes have rebounded to pre-COVID levels…