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Arsenal Cider House & Wine Cellar took the Thumper Award for Best in Show and Grand National Champion at the U.S. Open Cider Championship for Alfred's Pear, Son!, a crisp estate pear perry.

Thistly Cross Rum Cask Scottish craft cider won World's Best Flavoured Cider at the World Cider Awards 2026, aged for six months in ex-rum casks in East Lothian for rich notes of fruit and warm oak.

2 Towns Ciderhouse's celebratory 15th Anniversary Imperial Cider took Best of Show and Best Large Cidery at the Northwest Cider Cup 2026, crafted in Corvallis, Oregon from heritage Northwest heirloom apples.

Schilling Hard Cider took 1st place Best-in-Class for Modern Dry Heirloom Cider at the 20th GLINTCAP in May 2026, pressing 100% fresh Washington heirloom apples with no added sugar.

Eden Specialty Ciders' flagship Heirloom Ice Cider won Best in Class and Double Gold at GLINTCAP, naturally cryo-concentrated in Newport, Vermont from over 15 heirloom apple varieties.

Snow Capped Cider's estate-grown Herefordshire Redstreak captured Best-in-Class Tannin Forward Cider at GLINTCAP 2026, showcasing high-elevation Colorado bittersweet cider apples.

Dragon's Head Cider's Kingston Black single-varietal won Best in Class at GLINTCAP, pressed on Vashon Island, Washington from 100% estate-grown Kingston Black, the legendary 'holy grail' bittersharp cider apple.

Crafted by former Paris 3-star Michelin sommelier Eric Bordelet, Sydre Argelette is a biodynamic grand cru cider harvested from 300-year-old trees in southern Normandy on fractured schist bedrock.

Domaine Dupont's unpasteurized Cidre Bouché Brut represents the gold standard of Normandy's AOC Pays d'Auge, crafted from estate-grown bittersweet apples with natural in-bottle effervescence.

Tom Oliver's wild-fermented Yarlington Mill single-varietal won Gold at the British Bottlers' Institute, showcasing Herefordshire's finest bittersweet apples aged in vintage oak casks.

Thatchers Cider Barn Grenadier was crowned World's Best Sparkling Cider at the World Cider Awards 2026, a single-variety cider pressed from culinary Grenadier apples at Myrtle Farm in Somerset, England.

Aspall's flagship Premier Cru Suffolk Cyder earned the Gold Trophy at the International Cider Challenge, crafted continuously at Aspall Hall since 1728 with champagne yeast for sophisticated apple-wine elegance.

Isastegi's Sagardo Naturala, certified with the prestigious Gorenak Gold Capsule, is crafted in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa from 100% native Basque apples with wild fermentation and vibrant tartness.

Sidra Trabanco's premier single-estate Cosecha Propia won the Golden Apple at the Festival de la Sidra de Nava, crafted from 100% estate Asturian DOP cider apples fermented in antique chestnut vats.

A micropub in a former optician's shop in Dursley, Gloucestershire won CAMRA's overall National Cider and Perry Pub of the Year 2026 on 2 October, with up to 20 ciders and perries on offer.

Cider Australia's 15th awards announce their winners at a dinner at Rydges World Square on 15 October, after judging by Max Allen's panel in Melbourne.

The festival's 11th year brings 25+ cider, fruit wine and mead producers and the 2026 NZ Cider Awards winners to Founders Heritage Park on 14 November.