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Editorial, Cover Bottles,

New NZ, This & That

That must be the longest title I have used but I thought it more appropriate to wrap all this lot up in
one article.

Firstly a VERY BIG THANK YOU to all the members who have contributed to this special 100th
edition of miNiZ. We have had 138 pages of articles and, as promised, everyone who has contributed
is represented. I have a good stock of articles for future miNiZ but that does not mean you can all go
to sleep as more articles are always wanted.
The cover bottles are, appropriately, from NZ, even though they are 'German Style
Schnaps.' These five Zumwohl (Zum Wohl - 2 words - is German for Cheers) come
from Aotearoa Distillers Ltd of Wellington. Aotearoa is the Maori name for New
Zealand. The first bottle is an older version of the 'Natural' but we have not been able
to find out if the other three flavours have an older label as well. Erica Mulder sent me
photos of these in the middle of last year but the email got lost. I
was lucky to buy these 5 last month as they have not been selling
and the bottle stores have told me they will not be re-ordering. The
back of one appears on the right.

Erica recently contacted Deinlein to get some 8th Tribe bottles for
another member and was told about the new Macadamia Liqueur.
She did, of course, buy some. Erica also found the two vodkas from
Belarus with NZ importers labels.

Old Busman is the first liqueur from a
company that has brought us a
number of
whiskies. Ian
Butcher found this
one.

The Kah Tequila skull is not a NZ bottle but this, together with
the orange & white versions, are the first figurals to be sold in
NZ for years. You may still find these on sale.

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