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NZ FruitWine & Cider Awards Results 2025

Trophies (2025)

Trophy Winery Wine Vintage Class
Champion Cider Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Bitter Harry 2021 2B
Champion Fruit Wine Mirabelle Fruit Wine Crimson Spice - Sweet Plum Mead 2024 10
Best Modern Cider Zeffer Crisp Apple NV 1B
Alex Peckham Memorial Trophy Best Traditional Cider Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Bitter Harry 2021 2B
Best NZ Origin Cider The Cider Factorie Aporo' Secco 2025 13
Best Perry/Pear Cider No Winner Awarded
Best Cider with Non-berry Fruits Mata Golden Kiwi NV 4A
Best Bottle Ferment Elemental Cider Dry As 2025 5B
Best Cider with Berries Old Mill Farmhouse Blackberry 2023 4D
Best Cider with Hops, Spices or Botanicals Elemental Cider Pohutukawa Flower 2025 4B
Best Low/Zero alcohol cider Zeffer 0% Passionfruit NV 5C
Best Specialty Cider Scoundrels and Rogues Craft Cider Cold Shoulder Ice Cider 2020 5A
Best Alcoholic Soft Drink Ranga Alcoholic Lemonade with Lime & Bitters NV 7B
Best Table Fruit Wine Lothlorien Winery Dry Sparkling Apple & Feijoa Fruit Wine NV 8B
Best Fortified Fruit Wine/Liqueur Ruahine Ports Limited Grumpy Goose NV 9A
Best Mead Mirabelle Fruit Wine Crimson Spice - Sweet Plum Mead 2024 10
Best Alcoholic Kombucha/Hard Tea * Trophy not awarded
Best Low/Zero Alcohol Fruit Wine Kombucha Bros Pitahaya [Dragonfruit] & Pineapple NV 14
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Class: 1A Dry Modern Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Hairy Horse Cider The Thoroughbred 2024 Bronze
Hairy Horse Cider The Pinto 2025 Bronze
Gadoochi Brewing Cry Baby 2025
Old Mill Bootleg 2025
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Class: 1B Off-Dry Modern Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Zeffer Crisp Apple NV Gold
Capital Cider Co. K.I.S.S. NV Bronze
Zeden Crisp Apple Cider NV Bronze
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Class: 1C Medium Modern Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Capital Cider Co. Easy Rider NV Gold
Morningcider Cider NV Silver
Morningcider ULT NV Bronze
Sprig + Fern Apple Cider NV
Hairy Horse Cider The Draught Horse 2025
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Class: 1D Sweet Modern Cider (2025)

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Class: 2A Dry Traditional Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Reserve Dry NV Gold
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Kingston Black NV Gold
Elemental Cider Totally Oaked 2025 Silver
Ryder Cyder Ryder Cyder Ultra NV
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Class: 2B Off-Dry Traditional Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Major 2023 Gold
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Bitter Harry 2021 Gold
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Farmhouse NV Silver
Ryder Cyder Gold Digga NV Bronze
Scoundrels and Rogues Craft Cider Bad Habit Sinful Cider NV
Scoundrels and Rogues Craft Cider Pleasantly Corrupted Apple Cider NV
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Classic Apple NV
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Class: 2C Medium Traditional Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Hazy Apple NV Silver
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Class: 2D Sweet Traditional Cider (2025)

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Class: 3 Perry / Pear Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Elemental Cider Pear Drop 2025 Bronze
Scoundrels and Rogues Craft Cider Morally Bankrupt Pear Cider 2023 Bronze
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Class: 4A Cider with Fruit (Non-berry) (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Mata Golden Kiwi NV Gold
Zeffer Hazy Passionfruit NV Silver
Zeden Apple Cider With Feijoa NV Silver
Good George Brewing Mango Mimosa NV Silver
Morningcider Feijoa & Lime NV Bronze
Orchard Thieves Peach & Passionfruit with Cider NV Bronze
Good George Brewing Passionfruit Margarita NV Bronze
Good George Brewing Doris Plum Cider NV
Sprig + Fern Grown Up Lemon + Lime NV
Sprig + Fern Mango + Lime Cider NV
Old Mout Scrumpy & Tropical NV
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Class: 4B Cider with Spices or Botanicals (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Elemental Cider Pohutukawa Flower 2025 Gold
Elemental Cider Wild Ginger 2025 Silver
Morningcider Habanero & Lime NV Silver
Morningcider Peace o Pie Cider NV Bronze
Morningcider Pavlova Cider NV Bronze
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Elderflower NV Bronze
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Class: 4C Cider with Hops (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Morningcider Apple IPA NV Bronze
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Class: 4D Cider with Berry Fruits (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Old Mill Farmhouse Blackberry 2023 Gold
Good George Brewing Blueberry and Apple Cider NV Gold
Good George Brewing Strawberry Daiquiri NV Silver
Mata Merry Berry NV Silver
Zeffer Peach and Berry NV Silver
Old Mout Scrumpy & Berry NV Bronze
Morningcider Strawberry Rosé NV Bronze
Orchard Thieves Red Berries NV Bronze
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Boysenberry NV Bronze
Sprig + Fern Berry Cider NV
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Class: 5A Ice Cider or Perry (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Scoundrels and Rogues Craft Cider Cold Shoulder Ice Cider 2020 Gold
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Class: 5B Bottle Fermented Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Elemental Cider Dry As 2025 Gold
TeePee Cider The Earl's Drop Yarlington Mill Single Vintage 2024 Silver
The Cider Factorie Resident Hawk 2020 Bronze
TeePee Cider The Earl's Drop Home Orchard Perry 2024 Bronze
TeePee Cider The Earl's Drop Kingston Black Single Vintage 2024 Bronze
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Class: 5C No/Low Alcohol Cider or Perry (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Zeffer 0% Passionfruit NV Gold
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Apple Zero NV Silver
Old Mill 0.5% Cider with Boysenberry 2025 Bronze
Zeffer 0% Crisp Apple NV Bronze
Morningcider 0% Crisp Apple NV Bronze
Good George Brewing Non-Alcoholic Doris Plum Cider NV Bronze
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Class: 5D Fortified Cider (2025)

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Class: 5E Other Specialty Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Scoundrels and Rogues Craft Cider Evil Genius Imperial Cider 2023 Silver
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Class: 6 Evaluation Class; cider (2025)

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Class: 7A Seltzer & Spritzer Style Fruit Wine (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Zangria Wildberry & Citrus Fizz NV Gold
Zeffer Bellini Spritz NV Silver
Zeffer Bramble Spritz NV Silver
Zeffer Limoncello Spritz NV Bronze
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Class: 7B Alcoholic Lemonade (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Ranga Alcoholic Lemonade with Lime & Bitters NV Gold
Morningcider Old Fassioned Hard Lemonade NV Silver
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Class: 7C Alcoholic Ginger Beer (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Mata Ginja Ninja NV Silver
Ranga Alcoholic Gingerbeer NV Bronze
Zeffer Hazy Gingerbeer NV Bronze
Sprig + Fern Grown Up Ginger Beer NV
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Class: 7D Other Alcoholic Soft Drinks (2025)

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Class: 8A Still Fruit Wine (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Lothlorien Winery Still Apple & Feijoa Fruit Wine NV Silver
Fruetica Blueberry Wine 2025 Silver
Lothlorien Winery Organic Feijoa Fruit Wine Still NV Bronze
Mirabelle Fruit Winer Blush of Dusk - Plum Rosè NV Bronze
Mirabelle Fruit Wine Gold - Medium Gold Kiwifruit Wine NV Bronze
Mirabelle Fruit Wine Late Summer Serenity Medium - Medium Feijoa Wine NV Bronze
Mirabelle Fruit Wine Late Summer Serenity Dry - Dry Feijoa Wine NV
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Class: 8B Sparkling Fruit Wine (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Lothlorien Winery Dry Sparkling Apple & Feijoa Fruit Wine NV Gold
Lothlorien Winery Medium Sparkling Apple & Feijoa Fruit Wine NV Gold
Mirabelle Fruit Wine Radiant Ruby - Sparkling Plum Fruit Wine NV Silver
Mirabelle Fruit Wine Sweet Harmony - Sparkling Feijoa and Luisa Plum Fruit Wine NV Bronze
Lothlorien Winery Reserve Sparkling Feijoa & Apple Fruit Wine NV Bronze
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Class: 9A Fortified Fruit Wine (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Lothlorien Winery Feijoa & Manuka Honey Liqueur NV Gold
Ruahine Ports Limited Grumpy Goose NV Gold
Ruahine Ports Limited Roaring Red Boysenberry NV Silver
Ruahine Ports Limited Plump Pheasant Plum NV Silver
Ruahine Ports Limited The Roar NV Bronze
Ruahine Ports Limited Randy Rabbit NV Bronze
Ruahine Ports Limited Golden Trout Feijoa NV Bronze
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Class: 9B Fruit Liqueur (2025)

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Class: 10 Mead (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Mirabelle Fruit Wine Crimson Spice - Sweet Plum Mead 2024 Gold
Undisturbed Kanuka NV Silver
Undisturbed Rhubarb'd NV Silver
Undisturbed Manuka NV Bronze
Undisturbed Forest Mead NV Bronze
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Class: 10B Mead with Spices/Herbs (2025)

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Class: 10C Mead with fruits (2025)

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Class: 10D Fortified Mead or Mead Liqueur (2025)

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Class: 11 Alcoholic Kombucha / Hard Tea (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Kombucha Bros Tasman Bay Mix Berry Easy NV Silver
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Class: 12 Evaluation Category (fruit wine & mead) (2025)

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Class: 13 NZ Origin Cider (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
The Cider Factorie Aporo' Secco 2025 Gold
Elemental Cider Apple Blossom 2025 2025 Silver
Elemental Cider Apple Blossom 2024 2024 Silver
Awa Premium Apple Cider 2025 Silver
The Cider Factorie Blushing Pomme 2025 Bronze
The Cider Factorie Pure Blush 2025 Bronze
Hairy Horse Cider The Unicorn 2025
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Dulcis 2025
Peckham's Cidery and Orchard Flash 2025
The Cider Factorie Wild Blossom 2025
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Class: 14 Low/No Alcohol Fruit Wines (2025)

Winery Wine Vintage Medal
Kombucha Bros Pitahaya [Dragonfruit] & Pineapple NV Silver
Lothlorien Winery Zero Alcohol Sparkling Feijoa Fruit Wine NV Silver
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