https://pinecast.com/listen/a4277494-5f88-40f2-81b7-d9b7e312913d.mp3 Welcome to a new episode of DrinksWorld, where we celebrate and connect entrepreneurs in the beverage industry in South Africa. Rob Heyns is back for this episode. It is always fun to chat to Rob because his approach to business so different, he sees opportunities that no one else sees and then come up with really amazing concepts and products. Rob, together with Nzeka Biyela, launched the League of Beers way back in 2012 with the goal of getting South Africa drinking better beer. Fast forward many years and thousands of beer ..read more

https://pinecast.com/listen/bea07986-b260-4427-bead-fe777deab24f.mp3?aid=d1ae983a-1128-4a10-9e21-8a2bfe38b6a0.mp3 With all the challenges of 2020 and 2021 we talk to a number of beer importers in South Africa to find out what beers are available to the trade. One of my contacts who is active on the continent says there is a massive shortage of cans, the price of barley is up 30% and shipping is up 90%. How do importers deal with that scenario. Some, certainly have already stopped importing… Join me as we chat to our community members. Flare Beverages imports Erdinger, Paulaner, Bitburger and R ..read more

https://pinecast.com/listen/91a666c9-6e96-4dbb-9161-d1ab597430a1.mp3?aid=77ab8c95-3f00-4a9f-bc0d-838b6c8059a1.mp3 Charles talks to us about his career with some of the top estates in the South African wine industry, about his experiences introducing South African wines to the export markets and about Darling where he now owns the popular Darling Wine Shop. A Podcast with Holger Meier ..read more

https://pinecast.com/listen/d9ec606a-0323-44ea-8c16-d6cbcd76d343.mp3?aid=e2589d90-442f-40a6-b495-a4c9c527f141.mp3 Hylton Smith was part of the team that first introduced Windhoek beers to the Botswana market, he then moved to Durban and joined Ian and Peter Hoyer at Team Liquor Distributors to head up sales of Windhoek beers. Hylton recalls only selling a truckload of Windhoek in their first year, but only a short four years later they sold an interlink of Windhoek beers per day during the peak season. Then in 2004, thinking that they were well on their way to becoming a real player in the liq ..read more

https://pinecast.com/listen/02cad53d-c6ac-4cd0-b6bb-ba8b6145968f.mp3?aid=c5c3b33b-fa7d-45ce-a08d-91dd8aefbb9a.mp3 Today’s Guest is Jason Neal, owner of the Gauteng-based drinks distributor, Nicholson Smith, and creator of award-winning brands like Pandora’s Box wine range. Jason “grew” up in the liquor industry following in his father’s footsteps, who was Mr Ballantines Whiskey at Hiram Walker and later successfully start exporting SAB beers during the Meyer Kahn era. Jason started working at The Cellars of Hyde Park when he was only 16 years old, Jason started working at The Cellars of Hyde P ..read more

https://pinecast.com/listen/ed2682c6-27a0-4898-b589-f34bf30be5b1.mp3?aid=40783017-d5f6-4c6d-accd-f1139a034e99.mp3 In 2016 Reinhardt Paulsen discovered gin and his restaurant, Carbon Bistro, soon became the top gin bar in the Capital. After exiting the bistro, Reinhardt started TheGinGuy.co.za an online gin and speciality spirits site, which lists about 180 gins. The most exciting recent addition is Procera gin which is made by Roger Jorgenson in Kenya. Reinhardt not only supplies gin fanatics, but he also offers a delivery service to other liquor retailers. In this episode, we learn more about ..read more

https://pinecast.com/listen/b6962877-046b-48ab-8111-bed7578e2d53.mp3?aid=88c4c9cf-b44b-4ddd-bfe6-2f2c5d402a8b.mp3 We reconnect with Simone Musgrave, innovative craft gin pioneer, at the recent launch of the Jasmine Jagger limited edition Musgrave 11 event at Hillcrest Tops. In this episode Simone shares how this colab came about and how she is reviving her brand which like most premium products has been badly affected by the COVID-19 lockdowns. Links: Find a link to our previous interview here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5AcXeHKeABqq6695siQdtqhttps://musgravespirits.comhttps://jasminejag ..read more

https://pinecast.com/listen/0aa5fb63-038d-4a29-8a21-f372073971e8.mp3?aid=035f7260-55b6-4d56-81e9-1196154be1c2.mp3 In this episode, Rob Heyns shares the news that they have bought League of Beers, the popular craft beer subscription business, back from Yuppiechef.com ..read more

https://pinecast.com/listen/62436448-a4a9-40f2-b927-f68c9348e5a7.mp3?aid=c4d88b33-25fb-4159-8ad1-4fe7fe3324e2.mp3 In this episode, our guest is Craft Gin’s favourite son, Glenn Bryant, co-owner of the Six Dog Distillery. Glenn shares their 5+ year journey with us. I have watched Glenn and his team closely over the last 5 years and love the way that these industry newcomers have focused on building relationships rather than rushing into outsourcing sales and distribution to third parties. A very good lesson for new brand owners. From sixdogs.co.za to sixdogs.com Glenn has always wanted to creat ..read more

https://pinecast.com/listen/c10a65ca-8853-4f6d-b8e0-1533021fa2d3.mp3?aid=9195d694-815b-4d39-b2ad-e80053f8acbd.mp3 Carl Grossmann from Brackenhill Distillery in Waterfall, KwaZulu-Natal is our guest in this episode. I first met Carl when he was working on a project to import Malawi Gin. Carl fell in love with Malawi (Gin) when he was on an overland trip through that beautiful country. Malawi Gin is owned by a big conglomerate that did not want to grant exclusive distribution rights to anyone, so Carl moved on and now owns his own distillery. Carl uses ancient heritage grain varieties as a basis ..read more