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Moa Head Brewer David Nicholls has been very busy tinkering away at the Blenheim brewery.

Early in November, all the taps at Wanaka Beerworks were turned on and 95% of their beer flooded ankle deep into the brewery and neighbouring businesses.

Craggy Range has announced that Rob Fyfe is joining the award winning winery in a newly created position of strategic advisor reporting to the board and CEO.

New sales figures make sobering reading for the producers of some of America’s biggest beers. Data from Beer Marketer’s Insights show seven major brands that have lost significant sales (at least 20%) between 2013 and 2008.

Craggy Range today announces that Icebreaker CEO Rob Fyfe is joining the award winning winery in a newly created position of strategic advisor reporting to the board and CEO Michael Wilding.

A diagnosis of life-threatening laryngeal cancer followed by a total laryngectomy spelled the end of his career as a professional speaker and political adviser. Auckland cider firm Forbidden Brewing Co began as a project to help him take his mind off his treatment and spend time with his son, Jordan.

In a press release, “visionary New Zealand brewers – the Yeastie Boys – announced a highly anticipated sale of shares in their business.

Global market and shopper intelligence firm IRI has compiled a list of the top items sold in British grocery stores, convenience stores, independent grocers, newsagents and tobacconists over the last 12 months.

Pilsner Urquell, the world’s original pilsner is now available cold shipped to New Zealand. Brewed since 1842, Pilsner Urquell is still produced in the original brewery using the same techniques, with ingredients sourced from the same farming regions.

A run of small harvests, strong demand for the top names and soaring vineyard prices is changing the shape of Burgundy’s entire wine model.

A Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay won the top prize at the 2014 Air New Zealand Wine Awards held at the Pettigrew Green Arena in Taradale. Vidal Estate won the prestigious Air New Zealand Champion Wine of the Show Trophy for its Vidal Legacy Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2013.

The Drinks Business website offers some practical advice to wine drinkers “whether you choose to drink from a crystal cut Lalique glass or a plastic cup at a barbecue.”