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Te Anau’s Fat Duck named NZ’s best gastropub
The Fat Duck in Te Anau has been named Supreme Champion at the 2025 Estrella Damm Top 50 New Zealand Gastropubs Awards…
Big win for Juno at Korea Wine & Spirits Awards
Juno Vesta Coffee Vodka from Taranaki’s BeGin Distilling has won a Grand Award at the 2025 Korea Wine & Spirits Awards…
Entries open for Lion Hospitality NZ Awards for Excellence
Entries are now open for New Zealand’s premier hospitality awards programme – the Lion Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence…
Top accolade for Whitehaven winemaker
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…
Golds for Kiwis at World Whiskies Awards
New Zealand distillers celebrated a slew of gold medal wins at the World Whiskies Awards 2025 for Whisky Rest of World (RoW)…
Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay Collection 2023 revealed
Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers is celebrating five years of the prestigious Hawke’s Bay Annual Chardonnay Collection with the announcement of the 2023 vintage selection…
NZ’s Top 50 Gastropubs for 2025 revealed
The results are in for the second annual Estrella Damm Top 50 New Zealand Gastropub Awards…
Spain tops World’s Best Vineyards list for 2024
The Top 50 list of the World’s Best Vineyards has been announced, with a distinctive Spanish property topping the list…
Toasting success at the NZ Fruit Wine & Cider Awards
New Zealand’s cider and fruit wine producers have toasted success in Nelson at the Fruit Wine & Cider Awards…
Peckham’s tops the scores at Australian Cider Awards
Peckham’s Cidery and Orchard has won Best International Cider at the Australian Cider Awards 2024 with the top scoring cider of the show…
Craggy Range named as top global wine experience
Craggy Range Winery has been named as a top global wine experience at the 2025 Best of Wine Tourism Awards in Italy…
Mexico City bar tops World’s 50 Best list for 2024
Handshake Speakeasyin Mexico City has ranked No.1 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024, the first bar from Mexico to take the top spot…
Sauvignon Blanc shines at Marlborough Wine Show
The variety that put Marlborough on the map as one of the world’s top wine regions has been crowned the wine of the 2024 Marlborough Wine Show…
New World Top 50 Wines revealed
The Top 50 wines in this year’s New World Wine Awards have been announced and are now on shelves across the country...
Entries open for Estrella Damm Top 50 NZ Gastropub Awards
Entries have opened for the 2025 Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs Awards, which celebrate the nation’s finest food-led pubs...
Melbourne bar wins Art of Hospitality Award in World’s 50 Best Bars
Melbourne bar Caretaker’s Cottage has won the Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award, as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024...
Scotsman wins top bartender title in World’s 50 Best Bars
Iain McPherson of Panda & Sons in Edinburgh, Scotland has won the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024...
Trophy winners at 2024 NZ Spirits Awards
The top titles in the NZ Spirits Awards have been announced with 20 trophies awarded to the spirits judged the best of the best...
NZ gin tops Australian Gin Awards
Industry newcomer Bluff Distillery has made a splash at the Australian Gin Awards 2024, winning the overall title of Best in Show...
Entries open for NZ Fruit Wine and Cider Awards
Entries are open until 17 September for the NZ Fruit Wine and Cider Awards...