Your Story Your Brand with Holger Meier

Jose de Souza from Cool Products in Pinetown is our guest today. Jose tells us how he started a night club and ended up owning a liquor company.

Peter started working in the bottling and blending facility behind, what we today know as Liberty Liquor Argyle Road. Peter's grandfather was a director of E Snell & Co and his father, a charted accountant, owned Montana Cellars before it became Liberty Liquors. The Hoyers started importing and distributing Windhoek Beers in 1993. Peter is now semi-retired but looking forward to a new adventure in the liquor industry.

Johannes is the founder of Brannas Draught and The Duchess.

We continue our series on beverage entrepreneurs and we talk to Rolf Zeitvogel, Cellar Master & Managing Director at Blaauwklippen Vineyards and Master Distiller & Managing Director of Triple Three Estate Distillery.

In our current series on drinks entrepreneurs, we talk to Rob Heyns founder of The League of Beers. Rob talks to us about his love for entrepreneurship and how he started The League of Beers, sold it to Yuppiechef and how they struggled to turn this eCommerce venture into a profitable business. In Rob's latest project he launches Sugarbird Fynbos Gin with a crowdfunding project on Thundafund.

Biertjies en Niertjies with Trevor. A nephrologist during the week, Trevor retreats to Greyton on weekends to brew beer.

Today's guest is HRH Luitpold Prinz von Bayern, the great-grandson of the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III, and the CEO of König Ludwig GmbH & Co. KG Schloßbrauerei Kaltenberg The Wittelsbach's, one of the oldest royal families in Germany, ruled Bavaria

Chris Schädle is a German trained chef and owner of Siggi's German Restaurant and Bar in Salt Rock, Kwa Zulu-Natal. Born in Germany, Chris grew up on the East Rand, attended a chef school in Munich and then worked at the family owned Wartburger Hof Hotel

Holger chat’s to Florian Leykauf about beer culture and in particular about German beer culture, focusing on beer culture in Florian’s hometown of Munich. The most important beer style in Munich is Helles and the Augustines Helles being the local favouri

Today's questions in the ask Holger show is: How to import beer into South Africa. Myles Oelofse of Nordic Craft imports Mikkeller beer from Denmark. Holger asked Myles to help answer the question, as he has just been through the whole process.

Holger Meier and Gary Amstutz discuss online retailing. Gary is the founder of Rubberstampsa.co.za and many other successful retail sites. Gary started his retailer in 2005.

Today Holger talks to Andrew Rall founder of KwaZulu-Natal's first micro distillery, Distillery 031 in The Foundry, 43 Station Road, Durban. Andrew tells us about how he started the distillery and about his urban renewal project at The Foundry.

Today's guest is Lauren Hendrie from Midlands Distillery in Crammond. Angelo and Lauren started the distillery in 2016 and they have just received their license and they have just launched their Bootlegger Moonshine.

Today we chat with Trevor Maarschalk, the new owner of the 1000 Hill Chef School and the 1000 Hills Brewery. The Brewery and Deli are open: Friday to Sunday from 08:00 to 16:30. Find them at  4 Wootton Ave, Bothas Hill   Other breweries to visit in Durban include: Robsonson's Brewery on Point That Brewing Company in Station Road Standeaven Brewery at the Shongweni Market Toti Brewing Company

Rob Riedlinger has been printing and publishing books for over 20 years. Rob was key in getting The Beer Book published. Rob and Holger Chat about publishing, new media and digital marketing.

In today’s show, we chat to Hanneli van der Merwe + Chris Wium the founders and owners of Quin Finest Indian Tonic Water. Hanneli tells us how to make your own tonic and how she started this new drinks company.

Holger talks to Warren Harries-Jones founder of Dragon Fiery Ginger Beer. Warren is an engineer as well as a charted accountant. Warren started Dragon Ginger in his kitchen in Melkbos in 2011. The brand is now available in most decent bottle stores and pubs. Warren and Marco have just returned from a successful trip to Europe and have returned with some export orders.

Talking Fussball, Bundesliga, Bafana and a bit of Weissbier with Delron Buckley. Oh and the new book... "Delron Buckley My Life" http://www.holger.co.za/delron-buckley

From selling Computer hardware to selling Zambezi Lager. We chat to Kieran Tracy, who started Zambezi Beverages in 1991/2 just when National Breweries started making Zambezi Lager. Kieran distributed brands like Zambezi, Two Dogs with Mike Hayesman, Sol, Bollingers. Hear how Kieran managed to sell a 30 - 40 containers of Zambezi Lager when the Taverner’s Association had a dispute with SAB, which lead to a boycott of SAB products during the December 1993 period. We chat about the Africa Pack from SAB. Kieran then started importing Seltzer, an Icelandic water in a clear can in 1996, followed by Snapple and Monster.

In todays show Holger chats to Robert Mitchell, who was involved in a number of landmark restaurants and pubs in South Africa, including The Kegs, Joe Kools, Billy The BUMS, Stokers Arms, The Firkin, Waxy O'Connors, Station Masters and Old Main Brewery.