Fruit Wine in the Tropics

Here is an interesting article on a couple of guys who have set up a tropical fruit winery in Thailand.

NZ 2008 Fruit Wine Award Winners!

The results are in at the New Zealand bi-annual fruit winemaker and cidermaker wine competition.
The winners are:
Best Red Fruit Wine Trophy
Sentry Hill Wines – Garrison Red Dry
Best Sparkling Fruit Wine Trophy
Cottage Wines – Sparkling Boysenberry
Best White Fruit Wine Trophy
Pukeko Grove Boutique Winery – Pukeko Feijoa
Best Cider Trophy
Bulmer Harvest – Scrumpy
Graeme Oldfield Memorial Trophy for Best [...]

Apple Cider Market Goes Skyward

They say there’s a recession going on . . . but someone forgot to mention that to New Zealand’s cider drinkers.
Research company AC Neilsen says total cider drinking is up 12.4 percent on last year, and Gisborne’s Bulmer Harvest – New Zealand’s No 1 brand – is doing even better, up 21.3 percent.
That’s hardly surprising [...]