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42 Below

Wheat vodka flavoured with feijoa, manuka honey or kiwifruit.

New Zealand Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Started in a Wellington garage in 1999 and named for the latitude, it made New Zealand vodka an export category.

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What is 42 Below?

42 Below is a wine & spirit from New Zealand: wheat vodka flavoured with feijoa, manuka honey or kiwifruit. Started in a Wellington garage in 1999 and named for the latitude, it made New Zealand vodka an export category.

Made with

wheatfruithoney

Cooked

distilled

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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