Alcohol licensing lawyer Pervinder Kaur answers the questions she hears most often around liquor and the law…

A small town with big successes, Joelle Thomson explains why Martinborough is such a special spot for Pinot Noir devotees…

Michael Donaldson takes us behind the scenes of the New World Beer & Cider Awards 2023…

New Zealand breweries have scooped all three Champion International Brewery trophies at the 2023 Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) held in Melbourne…

Entries are now open for the New Zealand Beer Awards, which recognise excellence in beer and honour outstanding achievements across New Zealand’s brewing industry…

Hawke’s Bay has been named a ‘Great Wine Capital’ of the world’, setting it alongside 11 other prestigious wine regions such as Bordeaux, Napa Valley, Bilbao, and Adelaide…

The inaugural Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium is to be held in Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke’s Bay on 5-6 October 2023…

Bacardi Limited has announced the appointment of Luiz Schmidt as Managing Director of Bacardi in Australia and New Zealand…

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…

The Trusts plans to open up to 10 new hospitality venues and retail stores in Auckland’s west over the next five years, investing more than $40 million over that time…

Medal winners in the 2023 New Zealand Spirits Awards have been announced following a record number of local and international entries…

The NZ Alcohol Beverages Council says the current review of the Sale & Supply of Alcohol Act (Community Participation) Bill is timely, but warns that in its current form at Select Committee it will “more than likely make it harder for communities to have a say”…

New Zealand Winegrowers has welcomed the announcement that the UK FTA will enter into force on 31 May 2023…

Italy’s Gambero Rosso is bringing a showcase of top Italian wines to Auckland in May with its ‘Tre Biccheri World Tour’...

A new hospitality industry scholarship valued at NZD $30,000 is open to candidates across New Zealand and aims to attract more young people into hospitality as a career…

A new design award open to bars from anywhere around the world has been announced by iconic global competition The World’s 50 Best Bars…

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…

Zeelandt Brewery has launched a community fundraising beer as it rebuilds after the devastation wrought in Hawke’s Bay by Cyclone Gabrielle…

Sandymount Distillery on the Otago Peninsula has achieved carbon neutral status, making it the first distillery in New Zealand to reach the milestone…

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