2024 Australian Cider Awards open today

16 Jul 2024

National industry body Cider Australia today opened entries to Australia’s largest and most prestigious cider competition, the Australian Cider Awards.

Entrants will compete for accolades in 31 commercial classes when the expert judging panel comes together to blind taste hundreds of ciders, specialty ciders and apple & pear spirits.

President of Cider Australia and chair of the Awards organising committee Warwick Billings said the cider category in Australia is continuing to develop and mature with more and more ciders being produced locally from purpose-grown cider apples.

“To ensure the Awards reflects the range of cider products available commercially in Australia, we have introduced a new Trophy for the best Single Varietal Cider or Perry entered”, he said.

“We have also decided to establish a new class for the burgeoning group of no- and low-alcohol ciders covering non-fermented, lightly fermented and de-alcoholised apple and pear products with an alcohol content of less than 0.5 per cent.

“Entering the Awards is an excellent way to compare products against industry benchmarks in Australia, receive independent feedback from industry experts and potentially win a prize, and with early-bird entry fees applying for the next three weeks there is no better time to enter”, said Warwick. 

Enter the 2024 Australian Cider Awards online via www.australianciderawards.wineshowpro.com.au/views/auth/login

Registrations close on Friday 13 September and the results will be announced at a lunch event on Friday 25 October at The Kelvin Club in Melbourne. Tickets go on sale in August.

FULL DETAILS ON AWARD CLASSES AND RULES CAN BE FOUND HERE.

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Contact Cider Australia executive officer Jane Anderson on
0434 559 759 or office@cideraustralia.org.au or visit www.cideraustralia.org.au.

About Cider Australia 

Cider Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation funded by cider businesses and sponsors, established in 2012. It aims to build a sustainable cider category by undertaking activities that improve the quality of ciders produced and marketed in Australia. The organisation represents the interests of the cider industry to policy makers, calling for regulations and policies that support a diverse and evolving cider industry, and runs the national cider conference AusCider and the Australian Cider Awards.

About the Awards

The 13^th annual Australian Cider Awards will be held in October 2024. The Awards is the largest cider competition in Australia and is leading the standardisation and improvement of cider judging across Australia. Judging of the Awards is held at the William Angliss Institute in Melbourne. The panel comprises 7 full judges and 4 associates and brings together expertise from across the alcoholic beverage industry.