Four Pillars is bringing back its Four Pillars Gin Open for 2025 – challenging the creative cocktail skills of bartenders from across the Asia Pacific region…

Auckland bartender Cal Ross has won the inaugural Scapegrace: Uncharted Spirits cocktail competition with his unique New Zealand creation, ‘The Taniwha’…

Team New Zealand has won The Reid Cup in the inaugural The Reid Global Cocktail Competition…

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…

Melbourne bar Caretaker’s Cottage has won the Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award, as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024...

Applications have opened for the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award 2024…

Bartender Lauren McKenna of Libre in Palmerston North is one of 15 global finalists in a competition with gin brand Hayman’s...

The 50 Best Bars Scholarship is back for 2024 with applications open to any aspiring bartender over 21 years old with less than five years’ professional experience…

Andrea Marseglia of Teresa Bar in Napier is one of ten international finalists in the Jameson Black Barrel Bartender Series 2024 competition…

Scapegrace Distilling Co. has launched a national competition to find New Zealand’s best cocktail maker…

Nelson bar Kismet is celebrating a double win for two of its team at Beam Suntory’s The Perfect Blend cocktail competition…

Irish whiskey brand Jameson has announced its third annual Jameson Black Barrel Bartender Series 2024 competition, open for entries from 1 April – 15 May…

New research has found that draught cocktails and mixed drinks are continuing to grow in popularity amongst New Zealand consumers, with the On Premise supplying to demand…

Sips in Barcelona has been announced as No.1 on the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023…

GN Chan, co-founder of Double Chicken Please in New York, has been named the winner of Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award 2023…

Tres Monos in Buenos Aires has been rated the single best bar hospitality experience in the world, winning Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award as part of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023…

Premium mixer company Fever-Tree has announced its first leadership appointment in New Zealand…

The line-up for Visa Wellington on a Plate (VWOAP) has been released with more than 100 food and drink events and pop-ups scheduled for the two-week festival…

Bombay Sapphire is partnering with seven Queenstown venues as part of a global creativity campaign led by film director Baz Lurhmann…

Paradiso in Barcelona has been announced as No.1 on the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022…