A New Take On Worcestershire Sauce – Stabler & Steel
After finding local supermarket Worcestershire sauce not what it used to be, Tracey Steel decided to make her own. After about 15 years of sharing her sauce with friends and…
Outside the Square
While big NZ producers are pumping out millions of litres of wine a year, there are small wineries doing things a bit differently and on a much smaller scale. There…
Seabreeze Café – A walk on the spicy side for lunch
Seabreeze Café is appropriately not far from the upper Waitemata Harbour, and located in the Westmere shopping village. For a long time it has been my regular Friday lunch venue…
Bubbles
Okay. Bubbles. Fizz. Popping the cork for celebration! Nothing wrong with that. Enjoy. Wine- like food, humour and company is for sharing. Grapes traditionally used in making true branded French…
Autumn Roundup
Here we go with some recommendations for the cooler weather and hearty indoor dining with the heat pump on! Undivided ‘Vin De France’ Chardonnay 2017 $18.99 Great value bargain Chardonnay…
New Flavour Restaurant
Dominion Road has become Auckland’s default Chinatown with a multitude of Chinese restaurants and businesses in the city fringe suburb (about a ten minute taxi ride from downtown Auckland CBD).…
Young Wine Vs Old Wine
Over the last month I have opened a few wines, as one does, and this time it was a mixture of new and older vintages. I often get this question…
What I Drank in The Holidays
Our Auckland summer keeps going and going and long may it last. Grapes love dry, hot weather – so bring it on. Most folks will now be in denial, having…
Matt Connell – Wines Southern Superman
Matt Connell was born in Taranaki and grew up in Christchurch, eventually making his way north to where working at iconic Auckland microbrewery Galbraiths inspired him to complete a post-grad…
Wonderful Waipara – NZ’s best kept secret
Waipara? Somewhere near north Canterbury isn’t it? Yes it is, and if you want to get into some fantastic wines, you should know more about it. Sitting up straight? Corkscrew in hand? Glass at…