Today Holger Meier is joined by food scientist and entrepreneur, Wessel Pieterse, owner of Tastelab in Cape Town. He shares the key learnings from launching his first product, Secco Drink Infusion, which is now exported to more than 18…
Today I am joined by Warren Goslett, Global Travel Retail Director at Marussia Beverages. Warren works out of Austria for the Schlumberger Wein-und Sektkellerei Group brands. We discuss Warrens business journey, and he gives us some valuable insights into…
Today Holger Meier is joined by Greg Holtman, CEO of Flare Beverages – one of the oldest beer importers in South Africa. They discuss Greg’s business journey, his insights into the World of Beer, and more. Greg started importing…
SXOLLIE was founded by Laura and Karol, in sunny South Africa way back in 2014. The simple idea they had was to make single varietal ciders from the apples we all already know and love – Golden Delicious, Granny…
In a recent interview with Johannes le Roux, founder of Brannas Draught, he told us that Brannas was sold to the owners of their biggest outlet, The Green. About seven years ago, Dax Menday, together with Dimitri Seretis started The…
Do you want to know what it is like to work as a distiller in London? Hendre’ Barnard has played a massive role in the distilling industry in South Africa. For the last 7 years as marketing and training…
Since we last spoke to Johannes le Roux, founder of the alcohol-free drinks company, The Duchess, it has received investment from Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) as well as AB InBev’s corporate venture capital arm ZX Ventures. During this time The…
When I met our guest in 2018, he had just left his position at Nampak Glass to take over the newly formed Bruni Erben. Erben Packaging has now been rebranded to Berlin Packaging South Africa and is now part of…
When I met today’s guest in 2016, he was on a flight from Tanzania to Cape Town. We started chatting about craft beer and The Beer Book. Little did I know that he was ready to give up his corporate…
Emil den Dulk Jnr, the founder of Liquidity a specialist importer and marketer of high-quality liquor products. Emil is a well known wine and spirits aficionado, who has made it his mission to bring some of the world finest and…
Today’s guest is Monica du Preez, a veteran in the beverage industry. Monica runs Qualican Contract Canning and Packing, an automated beverage canning facility in Krugersdorp in Gauteng. Monica explains that there are many canning facilities in SA, what makes…
Schoonspruit Distillers was started by Ernst Henning in 1991, initially to make spirits for his entry level Totpak range, but today they manufacture some unique craft products. In this episode the founders son, JW Henning talks to us about they range…
In this episode we speak to Graham and Alan Muir from Independent Liquors in Kaya Sands. Independent Liquor SA started importing fun shooters from the Uk in 2004, in 2007 when Mike Erceg, the owner of the NZ based Independent…
15 kms east of Rustenburg, you’ll find the small German community of Kroondal. In this podcast episode we talk to Hattie Albers, who provides the one thing that every German village needs: good food and good beer to be…
Susanne Schneider, a German-born hospitality veteran with Michelin-star experience, first met the self-starting young South African Ashlin Bantom in 2015, when he applied for an assistant position at her western Cape restaurant, Springfield Easts. The Schneider’s popular restaurant was one…