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8 September 2013

Pot calls kettle black

Moa Beer is considering changing its plans for its new brewery in Marlborough following an outcry from French-owned Cloudy Bay wines.

Cloudy Bay claims Moa wants to erect “an industrial-scale brewery” that “has no place in such a world famous wine-growing region”.

Moa CEO Geoff Ross says the brewer is considering housing its new facility in a ‘winery’ to appease the French.

“As the image shows, our new brewery will easily fit inside one of Cloudy Bay’s six buildings. So we’ll consider creating a building, smaller than one of Cloudy Bay’s wine rooms, calling it a winery, and putting our brewery inside.  

“Surely they couldn’t have an issue with that? But seriously, aren’t Cloudy Bay’s objections just a case of the pot calling the kettle black?”

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An aerial image of Cloudy Bay winery in Marlborough: the red outline shows the dimensions of Moa Beer’s planned brewery

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