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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: Why is our homegrown beer and wine industry struggling?
Description: Aotearoa loves to have a drink, but that doesn’t mean all is well in the business of booze. We’ve seen major craft brewers and wine companies battle to make ends meet.  Brothers Beer, Villa Maria and Sacred Hill are just some of the biggest names to have fallen victim to these struggles.   So what’s going on in the wine and beer industries? Does this mark the end of an era for Kiwi-made alcohol? And are there any new brands carrying the New Zealand story forward? Michael Donaldson (The Pursuit f...