date:Feb 25, 2013
liters in 2012. This decrease in volume of beer was offset by 4.3 million liters rise in volume of wine.
Along with wine, high-alcoholic beverages like spirits and spirit-based drinks accounted for smaller fall in the overall pure alcohol available.
Statistics New Zealand industry and labour statistics manager Louise Holmes-Oliver said though the volume of alcoholic beverages was down, the amount of pure alcohol fell by only 0.6%.
This was due to change in the types of beverages available, H