The latest edition of this highly regarded and popular wine buyer’s guide has just hit the shelves and you can win one of two copies by sending an email with your name, email address and postal address (so we can send…
As well as enjoying the products of the many delightful food and beverage businesses in the region Nelsonians need to go on holiday too, I have taken it on myself to venture into the tourist trap that is Queenstown and…
There’s been plenty of change in the local wine scene over the winter months, from new winemakers to business sales we have seen it all in what is a relatively small region. The business I want to focus on today…
Located at the Grape Escape complex on the corner of McShane Road and the Appleby Highway The Junction is a little grocery store providing a beautiful range of wonderful artisan food products for you and me to enjoy. The store…
Over the last year or so there has been a shuffling of chairs in the local wine scene, mainly with winemakers moving to new opportunities with other producers. When Tony Southgate decided it was time to move on from his…
A relatively east but delicious cocktail with a great explanation of how to recreate it at home. Ingredients 45ml Rhubarb sour (Warner Edwards Victorian Rhubarb is a very good choice) 30ml Fresh Lemon Juice 10ml Sugar Syrup (1:1 Sugar :…
Kaikoura Cheese may be based in Marlborough but their wonderful cheeses have been available at the Nelson Saturday Market and Nelson Farmers Market for a number of years, their cheeses also appear on many restaurant and café menus in this…
There are a lot of misconceptions around the concept of wine that has gone off. Okay – the classic example is a wine that has been tainted by a bad cork or by unhygienic winemaking. I.e. a ‘corked’ wine. This…
Brightwater Vineyards 2017 Lord Rutherford Pinot Noir has just been awarded a GOLD MEDAL at New Zealand International Wineshow! This is Brightwater Vineyards 12th gold medal for Pinot Noir and now means that every vintage of Lord Rutherford Pinot Noir since 2010 has received…