FT319 The annual awards dinner www.foodtechnology.co.nz 39 AN IMPORTANT LINK TO CHINESE GLASS MANUFACTURERS Communication with Chinese and Asian glass manufacturers is now a lot easier with the launch of Glassplant Confidential’s new webbased platform to connect western food and beverage manufacturers with Chinese and Asian glass-manufacturers. Glassplant founder and chief executive Steve Dalton has been assisting New Zealand and Australian food and beverage manufacturers with their procurement of glass bottles and jars from China, Asia and the Middle East for 20 years. “Many Western businesses are very cautious when taking that first step to source their glass vessels offshore,” Steve Dalton says. “There are many factors to be aware of, and the Glassplant Confidential website provides significant information for both newcomers to offshore sourcing, and those that have been dealing with offshore glass-manufacturers for some time. The process is now less daunting, with the GPC website there to support F & B Manufacturers establish supply agreements with Asian glass manufacturers.” Call Steve Dalton on (07) 579 1124 www.glassplantconfidential.com will be held on November 25 at the Pettigrew Green Arena in Taradale, and will be attended by New Zealand’s top winemakers and industry figures to celebrate the country’s best wines. The awards dinner will culminate in the announcement of the most coveted prize of the competition, the Air New Zealand Champion Wine of the Show Trophy. Last year, the trophy went to Central Otago winery Lowburn Ferry for its Home Block Pinot Noir 2014. The O-I New Zealand Reserve Wine of the Show Trophy was awarded to the Brancott Estate Letter Series “O” Chardonnay Marlborough 2015. New Zealand Winegrowers global marketing director Chris Yorke says the Air New Zealand Wine Awards dinner is a big night for New Zealand’s wine industry. “Winning a trophy or medal is recognition of the hard work and skill that goes into making the wine, and lets consumers know they are drinking some of the finest wine in the world.” The competition is owned and organised by New Zealand Winegrowers, the national organisation for the country’s 1600 grape growers and winemakers. Entries for the 2017 competition open to New Zealand wineries on August 7. For more information, visit www.airnzwineawards.co.nz. AWARDS HEAD TO THE BAY Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand’s second largest wine region, will play host to the 31st Air New Zealand Wine Awards this November.
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