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The road from scalpels to spirits
“If someone had told me 20 years ago that I would be Chief Distiller in our family business, I wouldn't have believed...
THE BOND STORE: RAISING SPIRITS IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
Supermarket News: April 22
Kāpiti Coast distillery The Bond Store is no highbrow distillery - they’re innovative and...
Heritage roses put botanicals into Botanic Garden’s fundraising gin
Stuff.co.nz January 2023
It’s one thing to be led down the garden path, drinking it is a whole other experience.
Down...
The Bond Store creates flora-infused gin for Wellington Botanic Garden
Inside FMCH, October 2022
Kiwi distillery The Bond Store has teamed up with Friends of the Wellington Botanic Garden ...
Hospo buy-in boosts bottle swap scheme
Kāpiti News: September 2022
Bottle swapping scheme by award-winning Paraparaumu-based distillery The Bond Store is e...
Kiwi gin released in rat trap box to help with wildlife conservation
Bec Kay says sustainability is at the core of their business, and says she came up with the idea to make a rat trap p...
A 'fantastic' part of New Zealand to go exploring
Stuff Travel: December 2021
What's one place you'd take every visitor to in NZ and why?
The top of the South Island,...
Vodka and coffee pair up in new tasty tripple
We discovered that there were no coffee vodka products in the market and wanted to fill this gap using Fair Trade Org...
When life gave this Paraparaumu couple lemons — they made an award-winning limoncello
A quick read of the compliments taped to a wall at Koakoa’s Paraparaumu factory is a pick-me-up when Bec Kay, the c...
A spirited kind of love: Bec and Chris on travel, trials and distilling
Bec Kay, 45, is the chief distiller at Koakoa, making limoncello, gin and vodka on the Kāpiti Coast. The former nurs...
Kapiti spirits producer ramps up sustainable initiatives
Kiwi liqueur and spirits producer, Koakoa, has announced it is doubling down on its spirit crates system as it ramps...
Reuse is King at Kāpiti Craft Distillery The Bond Store
Glass Packaging Forum: March 2020
When it comes to sustainability the waste hierarchy is the simplest and often best...