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16th Jul 2025

In store tastings for July and August 2025

Radburnd Cellars - Hawke's Bay Friday July 18th 3pm to 6pm Waiheke Distilling (Gin) Friday August 1st 3pm to 6pm Thomson Whisky - NZ Aoatearoa Friday August 8th 3pm to 6pm …

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Posted by Tristan on 12th Jul 2025

Travel is life; it's never too late.

Travel, a mystery cocktail, and we shine the light on a local local producer - Gravel Down. Kia Ora wine and spirited friendsRecently, I (Tristan) flew away on a jet plane to South Korea. For this n …

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Posted by Tristan on 7th Jan 2025

It's our Christmas newsletter A Rum kinda month, again. Spotlight on Marlborough wine producers - A Thousand Gods. Also, what words of Whisk-dom from Frankie this month?

Kia Ora wine and spirited friends The fest …

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Posted by Tristan on 22nd May 2023

Shine a Light on up and coming Central Otago Producer: Moko Hills

We have been stocking the wines of Central Otago Producer: Moko Hills for a few months now.Why feature Moko Hills? And what makes them so special and different to many of the other producers in the r …

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Posted by Tristan on 3rd Mar 2023

What a climatic intro to 2023: Floods and Tropical Storms got you down? Indulge in some South African wine or a Pisco sour to lighten your spirits.

Happy March everyone.What a summer and what a start to 2023! The Auckland floods were a shock to us all and then two weeks later, Cyclone Gabrielle - a climatic event that will go down in history. I …

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Posted by Tristan on 16th Feb 2023

You say you want a resolution. Resolutions, goal setting, Mojitos and Georgian wine..

Happy New Year everyone: never too late for that! 2022 – what a year it was! I’m not sure about you, but it was a constant roller coaster of ups and downs, for us. Mostly ups; and as for the downs t …

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