Hardy St Eatery
July 25, 2018
Published in the Nelson Mail 25.07.18 If you remember café’s like Faces, In Vino Fides and Café Max you will know exactly where the Hardy St Eatery is. Since opening in the early 1990’s as Face Café the premises has…
Carol Shirley & Gourmet Catering
July 18, 2018
Published in the Nelson Mail 18.07.18 I first met Carol Shirley, the owner of Gourmet Catering, many years ago when she took over running the café at the old Maitai Bowling Club at the bottom of Trafalgar St, she made…
The Nelson Organic Co-op
July 11, 2018
Published in the Nelson Mail 11.07.18 ? When Sue and Seager Mason decided to sell the Organic Green Grocer on the corner of Grove and Tasman Streets, a business they had spent 23 years running, many regular customers realised they…
Waimea Estates & Booster
July 4, 2018
Published in the Nelson Mail 04.07.18 One of the things that makes the Nelson wine region special is the fact every winery in the region is family owned and operated, except for Waimea Estates that the Bolitho family sold to…
Proper Crisps and Kumara
June 27, 2018
Published in the Nelson Mail 27.06 18 A few days ago I opened a pack of Proper Crisps Kumara crisps and wondered if something had gone wrong, some of the crisps were a colour I hadn’t seen before and I…
Wine Shows and Judging
June 20, 2018
Published in the Nelson Mail 20.06.18 Wine show season is rapidly approaching. The range of competitions that showcase the finest of wines includes the New World Wine Awards, for which entries are now open, that has a focus on quality wines priced…
Marlborough Wine Industry
June 13, 2018
Published in the Nelson Mail 13.06.18 I have acknowledged regularly that Marlborough wineries are the backbone of New Zealand’s wine industry, they provide the coat tails that other New Zealand regions travel on when entering international marketplaces and there is…
New Zealand King Salmon Ōra King Awards
June 6, 2018
In this column I have tended to focus on very cool, tasty products produced in Nelson and the talented people who make them, but we need to remember that while these small businesses are really important to Nelson and New…
Rosie Finn
May 30, 2018
Owning a small business comes with many challenges, I love seeing a business succeed and then have the challenge of what to do when it comes time for the owners to retire or move on to something different. Planning for…