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  • Spirits Report: Whiskey & Bourbon

  • Beer & Cider Report: New releases

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Quality cocktails with Mr Stubbs  

Australian brand Mr Stubbs offers a ready-to-drink cocktail range for at-home mixologists wanting no-fuss, bar-worthy cocktails.

The authentic and delicious Mr Stubbs range is inspired by popular classic cocktails, and the ready-to-pour cocktails are available in ‘Margi’ and ‘Espresso’ through distributor EuroVintage.

Simply shake and serve!

The Mr Stubbs 700ml range available includes:

• Mr Stubbs Espresso – inspired by the irresistible Espresso Martini, this bar-worthy espresso cocktail is bittersweet, rich, smooth and utterly delicious.

• Mr Stubbs Margi – this zesty, mouth-watering margi will rival a real Margarita in Mexico (but way easier to organise). A classic with iconic saltiness and sweetness.

Mr Stubbs (13.9% ABV) 700ml RRP $37.99.

Distributor: EuroVintage

New releases from Villa Maria

Iconic New Zealand wine brand Villa Maria has created an exquisite collection of flagship single vineyard Sauvignon Blanc wines showcasing the diversity of the Marlborough region.

Bankhouse Sauvignon Blanc 2022: From the western bank of the Waihopai River, inland in the Wairau Valley, this is a dynamic wine with riper tropical flavours from the clay soils and emphasised minerality and freshness from the riverbed gravels.

Taylors Pass Sauvignon Blanc 2022: Taylors Pass Vineyard is on the northern bank of the Awatere River in southern Marlborough. A wine with lifted aromatics of fresh garden peas and blackcurrants, a punchy finish of lime zest and hint of gunflint. Awarded the trophy for ‘Best Sauvignon Blanc 2022 and older’ at the 2023 Marlborough Wine Awards, and a Double Gold at the Global Fine Wine Challenge 2023.

Seaspray Sauvignon Blanc 2022: From the rugged eastern coastline of the Awatere Valley, this wine has distinctive briny seashell characters and lively acidity. Flavours of kaffir lime, capsicum and freshly picked culinary herbs.

Distributor: Villa Maria

Bariletto barrel-aged Negroni

The memorable experience of a barrel-aged Negroni served at a New York bar inspired Kiwi (and Negroni aficionado) Al White and wife Lisa to create Bariletto – a company offering ready-to-serve aged Negroni by the bottle or by the barrel for retail and hospitality clients.

Bariletto Negroni is made using premium Italian vermouth and Campari along with locally-sourced gin and is aged to perfection for up to six months in specialty barrels.

Al was determined to retain the traditional characteristics of the famed classic cocktail, but with the notes of smoke and vanilla that only time in a charred oak barrel will provide.

Bariletto offers its ready-to-serve pre-aged Negroni in refillable five- and ten-litre oak barrels for bars

and restaurants, and in 700ml and 100ml bottles presented in beautifully packaged boxes for retail.

Distributor: Bariletto

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