Medals revealed in 2023 NZ Spirits Awards
Medal winners in the 2023 New Zealand Spirits Awards have been announced following a record number of local and international entries.
Organisers say that this year’s Awards attracted 426 entries from 24 countries – 281 of those entries being products from New Zealand.
Trophy winners will be selected from the winning medallists and announced at the Awards Dinner in Auckland on Thursday 9 June, with two trophies to be presented in each of the seven Categories: Trophy for Best New Zealand in Category and Trophy for Best Overall in Category.
The winner of the New Zealand Innovation Award, CPack New Zealand Design Packaging Award and Single Double New Zealand Emerging Product Award will also be announced.
Below are the Double Gold and Gold medallists in the 2023 NZ Spirits Awards. Full results are available online at spiritsawardsnz.nz/results
VODKA
Double Gold
Black Collar – Black Collar Chocolate Vodka
Good George Distilling – Bacon Vodka
National Distillers Company – Aquifer
Gold
Khortytsa – Vodka Khortytsa Platinum
Krupnik – Vodka Krupnik 40% 50ml
Zoa – Zoa Vodka
WHISKY
Double Gold
Basil Hayden's – Basil Hayden's
Waiheke Whisky – Cantankerous
Gold
Aberlour – Aberlour A'Bunadh
Bruichladdich – Bruichladdich Classic Laddie
Divergence – Five
Divergence – Virgin French Oak
Highland Park – Highland Park 15
Jameson Irish Whiskey – Jameson Black Barrel
Jim Beam – Jim Beam Black
Laphroaig – Laphroaig 10Yo
Powers Irish Whiskey – Powers Gold Label
Talisker – Talisker 10 Year Old
Teeling – Teeling Blackpitts Single Malt
Waiheke Whisky – Dyad Chardonnay
Waiheke Whisky – Seris 1
Waiheke Whisky – Sweetwater
Wemyss – Wemyss Peat Chimney Blended Malt
GIN
Double Gold
Island Gin – Island Gin Navy Strength
Southward Distilling – Smoked Rosemary
Ukiyo – Japanese Blossom Gin
Gold
1919 Distilling – 1919 Distilling Pineapple Bits
Callington Mill – Callington Mill Poltergeist Unfiltered Gin
Clarity – 2023 Gin
Curiosity Gin – Negroni Special
Dr Beak – New Zealand Premium Gin
Good George Distilling – Distiller's Series – Taurus – Orange Blossom & Manuka Honey
Hector's Gin – Hector's Little Akaloa Pink Blossom Gin
Humdinger – Citrus Gin
Juno – Jean
Lighthouse Gin – Lighthouse Navy Strength Gin
Mothers Ruined Gin – Mothers Ruined – Original Gin
National Distillers Company – Old Navy
National Distillers Company – Verdigris
New Zealand Gin Day – New Zealand Gin Day
Old Mate Distillery Ltd – Captain's Table Navy Strength Gin
Papaiti Gin – Potager
Roots Gin – Roots Norwester Navy Strength Gin
Tanqueray – Tanqueray London Dry Gin
Taupō Distilling Co. – 5 Mile Gin – Navy
Trident Distilleries – Protogin Kaffir Lime
BOTANICAL AND OTHER SPIRIT
Double Gold
Hasting Distillers – Rubis Rouge
TEQUILA/AGAVE SPIRITS
Gold
Del Maguey – Del Maguey Chichicapa
BRANDIES
Double Gold
Lheraud – Lheraud Cognac Vsop Limited Edition No 2
LIQUEURS
Gold
Baileys – Baileys Irish Cream
Barlovska – Barlovska Blackberry
Curiosity Gin – Pinot Barrel Sloe
Quick Brown Fox – Quick Brown Fox Flat White Coffee Liqueur
Quick Brown Fox – Quick Brown Fox Liqueur
RUM
Gold
Bacardi – Bacardi Oro Gold Rum
Black Collar Distillery – Black Collar Overproof White Rum
Broken Heart Spirits – Broken Heart Spiced Rum
KJ & Co – Plunders Original Caribbean Rum
National Distillers Company – NDC Golden Rum
