Hawke's Bay Brian, Author at Federation of Amateur Winemakers and Brewers New Zealand The Official Site of the New Zealand Amateur Winemakers and Brewers Federation Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:58:40 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.fawab.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-WineBeerClinkT-e1771971610609.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hawke's Bay Brian, Author at Federation of Amateur Winemakers and Brewers New Zealand 32 32 138527015 Home Brewing Champions Announced at NZ Nationals – Big Prizes Awarded https://www.fawab.nz/2025/10/home-brewing-champions/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:22:11 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=4610 10-12 October 2025 New Zealand’s top home brewers and winemakers have been crowned at the 2025 National Competition, where nearly 400 entries competed for medals, major prizes, and even a chance to go commercial. The NZ Amateur Winemakers and Brewers Read More

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]]> 4610 Celebrating 70 Years: NZ Central Region Home-Brewers and Winemakers Competition Results https://www.fawab.nz/2024/10/central-region-home-brewers-winemakers/ Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:26:36 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=4029 Amazing Home-brews and Wines Judged 70 years since the first event, the 35th competition of the NZ Central Region Home-Brewers and Winemakers Clubs was held over the weekend. Judging occurred on Friday with the formal Awards dinner and prize-giving on Read More

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]]> 4029 35th Central Region Winemakers and Brewers Competition, 2024 https://www.fawab.nz/2024/09/35th-central-region-winemakers-and-brewers-competition/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:34:02 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=4003 The 35th Central Region Winemakers and Brewers Competition for the Central Region is to be held on the weekend of 11th-13th October 2024 Hosted by the Gisborne Winemakers and Brewers Club. Over two dozen Competitors have entered nearly 170 bottles Read More

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]]> 4003 Gladfield 23rd NZ National Amateur Wine & Beer Competition & Conference https://www.fawab.nz/2023/07/gladfield-23rd-nz-national-amateur-wine-beer-competition-conference/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:33:02 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=3614 To all Clubs and Federation members, we are pleased to offer this update on the upcoming Nationals; to be officially know as the Gladfield 23rd NZ National Amateur Wine & Beer Competition & Conference on the 6th, 7th & 8th of October 2023. We have Read More

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]]> 3614 2023 National Winemakers and Brewers Competition https://www.fawab.nz/2023/03/2023-national-winemakers-and-brewers-competition/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 04:46:31 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=3538 Hawke’s Bay Amateur Winemakers and Brewers Club are pleased to announce that the 23rd biennial National Conference and Competition for federated Amateur Winemakers and Brewers will be held near Havelock North, Hawkes Bay on the 6th, 7th and 8th of October 2023. Read More

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]]> 3538 2023 National Competition & Conference https://www.fawab.nz/2022/08/2023-national-competition-conference/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 22:11:20 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=2992 Following the cancellation of the 2021 Nationals due to Covid, we are delighted to announce that the 2023 National Competition & Conference is on and will be hosted by the Hawke’s Bay Amateur Winemakers and Brewers Club. The Competition, as Read More

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]]> 2992 NZ National Competition 2021 https://www.fawab.nz/2021/02/nz-national-competition-2021/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 01:02:44 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=2126 Now Cancelled due to Covid! The NZ National Amateur Winemakers and Brewers Competition 2021 is being hosted by Eastern Bay of Plenty Club. They advise the Dates for the event will be 1st to 3rd October 2021. Mark these dates Read More

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]]> 2126 Central Region Competition 2020 https://www.fawab.nz/2020/07/central-region-competition-2020/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 03:48:34 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=1960 Hawke’s Bay Amateur Winemakers and Brewers Club is pleased to announce we are hosting the 2020 Central Region Competition! The 2020 Central Region Competition will be held in Hawke’s Bay on the 9th to the 11th October 2020. The venue Read More

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]]> 1960 2019 Nationals https://www.fawab.nz/2019/10/2019-nationals/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:43:47 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=672 Photos from the 2019 Nationals

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]]> 672 2019 Hawke’s Bay Open Competition https://www.fawab.nz/2019/08/2019-hawkes-bay-open-competition/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:48:47 +0000 https://www.fawab.nz/?p=610 An OPEN Competition for all Amateur Brewers and Winemakers in Hawke's Bay and surrounding areas.

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