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- ↑ "Bourbon Street Wine & Spirits. Retrieved 16 February 2017". Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ↑ Colleen Graham's review, 26 October 2016.
- ↑ Hi-Spirits. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ↑ Morning Advertiser article, 14 March 2001.
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