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new new zealand, this & that

Thanks to Ken Chin we have the
cover bottle photos, Gin Martini &
Manhattan, together with the two
bottles on the right, Negroni &
Old Fashioned. This set of four
are from a new Wellington based
company, J.M.R. Cocktail
Company. Unfortunately nowhere
on these bottles does it say they
are from Wellington or New
Zealand. Nice bottles though but,
at $16 each, rather expensive.

Last year we saw the first Indian
whisky, in miniature, being sold
on the NZ market. This is John
Paul Edited and bears an import
label from Malts of Distinction in
Taupo. Ken found another last
month and bought me one. I
thought that I may have it but, as
you can see, this is John Paul
Bold.

Whilst on the subject of Indian
Whisky I brought you an article in
miNiZ112 (Autumn 2016) in which
I showed that two Indian brands
are the largest selling whiskies in
the world, with Johnnie Walker as
number 3. The table below shows
that the three largest whisky
brands are all Indian now and I
would bet money on (I’m not a
betting man usually!) most of you
have never even heard of the
largest selling spirit brand overall, or the company that makes it. Note that it is three times

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