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New World Beer and Cider awards announced

17 May 2022

If you have a taste for beer or cider, we are spoiled for choice in New Zealand. The New World Beer and Cider Awards have just been held. Author and beer writer and Chair of the judges, Michael… Audio

Rick Stein: 'I keep asking to do a New Zealand food series'

10 Nov 2019

Rick Stein has been visiting these shores since the 1960s, when he celebrated his 21st by eating crayfish in Kaikoura, and he's still pleading with his TV bosses to do a New Zealand food series. Audio

Trees, bees and a nice cold cider, please

23 Aug 2019

Jason Prior is a beekeeper who produces up to 60 tonnes of honey a year, has a nursery that sells trees bees love and is about to plant 1000 cider apple trees. Audio, Gallery

Trees, bees and a nice cold cider, please

23 Aug 2019

Jason Prior is a beekeeper who produces up to 60 tonnes of honey a year, has a nursery that sells trees bees love and is about to plant 1000 cider apple trees.

Audio

Juiced the ticket

10 Nov 2017

Brian Belluomini and Sarah Wright of Mela Juice think the secret to their juice just might be the sturdy, not overly efficient, 40-year-old juicer they inherited. Mela Juice produces single-variety… Audio

Juiced the ticket

10 Nov 2017

Brian Belluomini and Sarah Wright of Mela Juice think the secret to their juice just might be the sturdy, not overly efficient, 40-year-old juicer they inherited. Mela Juice produces single-variety…

Audio

Cider

19 May 2017

A small independent NZ craft cidery has been named as maker of the best cider in the world. We speak to Zeffer Cider's head cider-maker Jody Scott. Audio

Cider: history and making

4 Apr 2015

Its apple harvest and cider sales are booming, so busy times to be a cider-maker. The British beer writer Pete Brown gives us the drink's long and fascinating history. Then we pay a visit to local… Audio

Guest

20 Feb 2015

Paul Paynter was awarded the New Zealand Fruit Wine and Cider Makers trophy in late 2014. Audio

Cider with RoSie

10 Oct 2014

Kiwi Rowena and Ozzie Simon met working on a winery in Western Australia. Their end of the day wind down tipple was cider, so after a holiday break they decided they'd like to start their own… Audio

Cider with RoSie

10 Oct 2014

Kiwi Rowena and Ozzie Simon met working on a winery in Western Australia. Their end of the day wind down tipple was cider, so after a holiday break they decided they'd like to start their own…

Audio

Food: Cider making and cooking with cider with Caroline Peckham

9 Jun 2014

Caroline and Alex Peckham are traditional cider makers. Their English-style ciders are made from heritage cider apples grown on the family orchard in the Moutere Valley, Nelson. Recipes for pumpkin… Audio