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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…
Entries open for NZ Fruit Wine and Cider Awards
Entries are open until 17 September for the NZ Fruit Wine and Cider Awards...
Plan for billion-dollar premium cider export industry
A ‘Roadmap’ charting a course towards a billion-dollar export sector for premium New Zealand cider has been released by Cider Apples New Zealand…
Top drops revealed in New World Beer & Cider Awards
A Belgian Amber Ale has been named Supreme Winner in the Top 30 of this year’s New World Beer & Cider Awards…
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…
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…
New faces in New World Beer & Cider Awards Top 30
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…
Record entries for 2023 New World Beer & Cider Awards
Judges in the 2023 New World Beer & Cider Awards are assessing a record number of entries with more than 700 submissions from around 100 local beverage makers and importers…
Entries open for 2023 New World Beer & Cider Awards
Entries are now open for the ninth New World Beer & Cider Awards, with the Top 30 brews to be showcased at New World stores nationwide…
NZ Fruit Wine and Cider Awards 2022 revealed
The 2022 New Zealand Fruit Wine & Cider Awards have taken place in Nelson with 138 entries, equalling last year’s record…
New World Beer & Cider Awards Top 30 revealed
For the first time in the eight-year history of the New World Beer & Cider Awards, the Top 30 winner list is made up entirely of New Zealand brands, including nine first-time winners…
GABS returns to Akld in June
The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) is returning to Auckland on 25 June…
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…
NZ Cider Festival cancels
The 2021 NZ Cider Festival has been cancelled, with just two weeks until the event was due to take place in Hawke’s Bay…
Entries open for New World Beer & Cider Awards 2022
A dedicated class for low-alcohol beers and a Supreme Award are two new additions to this year’s New World Beer & Cider Awards…
Orchard Thieves Rosé Cider goes Gold at brewing ‘Oscars’
DB’s Orchard Thieves Rosé Cider has been named the Gold medal winner in the new Cider Innovation Rosé category at the International Brewing and Cider Awards 2021…
Pear cider tops NZ Fruit Wine & Cider Awards
A bottle-fermented pear cider has been named Champion Cider at the New Zealand Fruit Wine & Cider Awards…
NZ Cider Festival postponed to 2022
This year’s NZ Cider Festival has been postponed until February 2022 due to the ongoing uncertainty and risks associated with the Delta variant of COVID-19…