Carlton & United Breweries has taken out Best Innovation at the 2017 Australian drinks Awards with Pure Blonde Cider.

The drinks industry gathered at the ICC Sydney on September 7 to celebrate the 2017 Australian drinks Awards.

Brown-Forman bestseller Jack Daniel’s took out the double honour of Brand of the Year and Most Loved Brand at the 2017 Australian drinks Awards.

Casella Family Brands and Asahi Premium Beverages are the joint winners of Supplier of the Year at the 2017 Australian drinks Awards.

The unlikely star of the Perth Royal Wine Show last week was the 2015 Houghton Stripe Range Shiraz, which took out Best Shiraz, Best WA Red Wine and Best Red Wine of Show.

The 2017 Australian Craft Beer Survey by Beer Cartel has revealed Pirate Life Brewery is Australia’s Best Craft Brewery.

Kaitlyn Stewart has been announced as the global winner in Diageo Reserve’s 2017 World Class Bartender of the Year competition.

Sharni Fenton from 9/11 Bottleshops and Shanais Marcus-Hogue from Dan Murphy’s are ALSA’s two finalists for the 2017 Young Liquor Retailer of the Year.

Henschke Hill of Grace 2012 has narrowly beaten Penfold’s Grange to be named 2018 Wine of the Year at the James Halliday Wine Companion awards.

Love, Tilly Devine sommelier Gabrielle Webster leads the venue to winning Best Wine Bar List at Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards 2017.