Press Release – Export NZ
The finalists for the sixth ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards have been found and they include some of the province’s top companies.
The finalists are:
– ContainerCo Best Emerging Business: Wood Mallets (Otane), NZ Mecates (Wairoa), Kiwigarden (Hastings), National Distillery Company (Napier), Nibblish (Havelock North).
– Southeast Asia Centre Asia Pacific Excellence Excellence in Innovation: Future Products Group (Napier), NZ Juice Company (Whakatu), The True Honey Co (Dannevirke), National Distillery Company.
– T & G Global Best Established Business: NZ Frost Fans (Hastings), Mt Erin Group (Hastings), GisVin (Gisborne).
The winners of each category will contest the supreme award of ASB Exporter of the Year, and will automatically go to the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) International Business Awards in Auckland in November.
Hawke s Bay s Hot Cross Bun Vodka sells out in one day
11 Apr, 2021 09:48 PM
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Hawke s Bay-based The National Distillery Company s Hot Cross Bun Vodka was a hit over Easter. Photo Supplied
Hawke s Bay-based The National Distillery Company s Hot Cross Bun Vodka was a hit over Easter. Photo Supplied
It turns out combining classic treats with chocolate are not the only food hybrids that are popular.
Just days out from Easter, Hawke s Bay-based The National Distillery Company chief mixologist Shaanah Evans posed a question to Kāpiti hospitality veterans Blair Nichol and Ricardo Reis. What s the chance we could make a vodka that smells and tastes like a hot cross bun?
Easter hit: Hot Cross Bun Vodka sells out in a day from National Distillery Company
9 Apr, 2021 03:09 AM
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Hot Cross Bun Vodka was a hit over Easter.
It turns out combining classic treats with chocolate are not the only food hybrids that are popular.
While Cadbury and Whittakers have not yet taken to making hot cross bun chocolate, Kāpiti hospitality veterans Blair Nichol and Ricardo Reis who own several hospitality venues in Kāpiti including Pram Beach and the Waterfront have come up with a hybrid vodka which sold out in just one day through their distillery, The National Distillery Company.