Photo: SuppliedThe New Zealand Whisky Company is going to crowdfunding company PledgeMe, seeking to raise up to $2million towards redevelopment of Oamaru's former Northern Hotel, including as a bonded store. The Whisky Company initially bought 443 barrels, or 80,000 litres, of whisky in October 2010, which came from the former Wilsons distillery in Willowbank, Dunedin. Using the name The NZ Whisky Collection for the PledgeMe fundraising, general manager Grant Finn said ''the stills are on the water'', and due to arrive next month. ''These [433 original] barrels were just lying around waiting for whisky aficionados to recognise their worth,'' Mr Ramsay said. However, for the past four years The New Zealand Whisky Company had been working with production partners and had amassed more than 100 new barrels, or about 10,000 litres of whisky.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 16, 2018 15:45 UTC