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new new zealand, this & that

Our cover bottle this month is a little out of the ordinary. It is a The Lakes
Distillery gin bottle in a Christmas cracker. Appropriate as I am writing this in
Newcastle, UK between Christmas and New Year and I saw these on sale,
in Fenwick’s department store, on Christmas eve. They were £6 each as
you ask. I did not see the other two crackers on sale but they were made for
this Christmas.

Most of the minis on
sale in Fenwick’s
were £5 to £7 so
these crackers were
a bargain.

Unfortunately I have
not seen any new NZ
bottles in the last
quarter – photos for
miNiZ126 please!

There has been a good response with
members sending in articles for miNiZ125 –
Keep it up – It is a long time since I have
been able to say that. Three of the articles,
including the two longest, are from our
international members, two of whom asked if
it was alright to send an article. Yes, YES
please do send an article, even if you have to
write it in Mongolian and translate it into
English. As a native English speaker I am
happy to tidy the language up for you.
Preferably send as a Word document or plain
text (email even), rather than a pdf or a desk
top publisher (DTP) format. I can usually
convert a pdf or DTP program but not when I
am away from home – which is why Rotem’s
article is not in our usual style (I actually had
weeks to do the conversion but never got
around to it before leaving for the UK!).

I have only had a couple
of photos from David
Spaid these past few
months so I am letting
you see them here. Both
are Tequila sets and both
should be available in the
US.

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