If you follow this column you may remember I wrote about the 2022 wine grape vintage a couple of times…

Last week in part one of the Mad Melon story I told you about Jamin Brown and how he started…

I recently discovered a very cool, very smart Nelson business that has made such an impact in a very short…

Here’s a selection of some great NZ wines, including three from Martinborough, as tasted by Phil Parker. Bohemian ‘The Dancer’…

As you travel around the region supporting local businesses you will have noticed netting being draped over grape vines in…

For the last couple of years Old House Vineyards has been placed second in the competition with fruit grown on their vineyard in Old House Road and turned into delicious wine by winemaker Pat Stowe. Owners, Ian Bathgate and his wife Jeanne relocated from the U.K. with their two sons several years ago and bought a former Spencer Hill vineyard.

This month, folks, we are exploring the theme of dichotomy. It’s a very cool word and I don’t often get to use it in casual convo. It also rhymes with lobotomy but that’s not particularly relevant.

This month, folks, we are exploring the theme of dichotomy. It’s a very cool word and I don’t often get…

During lockdown last year I wrote a series of columns about delicious food you could make at home, some were…