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Top Italian wines at Auckland showcase
Italy’s Gambero Rosso is bringing a showcase of top Italian wines to Auckland in May with its ‘Tre Biccheri World Tour’...
Hawke’s Bay’s Winter F.A.W.C! back for 10th year
Hawke’s Bay’s Winter F.A.W.C! Food and Wine Classic is back for its tenth year with more than 50 events running throughout June…
New Indulge festival coming to Auckland
A new food, wine and design festival is coming to Auckland’s waterfront in March, with some of the country’s leading wineries set to take part…
Te Mata Coleraine 26 vintage vertical for auction
New Zealand’s oldest and most prestigious wine auction is fast approaching, with a Te Mata Estate Coleraine 26 vintage vertical among the items on offer...
F.A.W.C! launches Summer event programme
Hawke’s Bay’s signature culinary festival F.A.W.C! Food and Wine Classic has released the line-up for this year’s event, which runs from November 4-13…
Highball cancelled for 2022
Cocktail festival Highball has been cancelled for 2022, with organisers citing low ticket sales and pressures on the hospitality sector among the reasons…
Restaurant Month returns to Auckland for August
Heart of the City will hold Restaurant Month in Auckland’s inner-city throughout August, with a range of special menus and one-off culinary events…
Beervana set to mark 21 years of beers
More than 70 breweries are confirmed for New Zealand’s biggest beer festival, Beervana, which turns 21 this year…
Star speakers for Hospitality NZ conference
Ex-pat Kiwi chef Monica Galetti and Sydney’s 24-hour Economy Commissioner Michael Rodrigues are to join the line-up of speakers at the Hospitality New Zealand Conference in July…
Countdown to GABS 2022
The countdown is on to the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) in Auckland on 25 June, with organisers releasing a sneak preview of the Festival Beer List…
Top Italian Wines Roadshow comes to Auckland
The Top Italian Wines Roadshow, presented by Italy’s Gambero Rosso, is coming to New Zealand for the first time in May…
Future focus for NZ Hospo Conference 2022
The NZ Hospitality Conference will return in July with a focus on recalibrating the industry for the future and with New York restaurateur Danny Meyer among the keynote speakers…
GABS returns to Akld in June
The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) is returning to Auckland on 25 June…
Record entries for NZ Spirits Awards 2022
Organisers of the 2022 New Zealand Spirits Awards are reporting a record number of entries for this year’s event…
Hawke’s Bay’s F.A.W.C back for winter
Gourmet Hawke’s Bay event F.A.W.C is returning for winter with more than 45 events planned across four weekends in June…
New date for whisky event DramFest
New Zealand’s leading whisky festival DramFest has been rescheduled to March 2023, following the postponement of the 2022 event…
Wanaka’s Ripe cancels 2022 festival
Organisers of major food and wine festival Ripe in Wanaka have cancelled the scheduled March event amid current COVID-19 restrictions…
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…