When John Esposito opened a pizza bar named after his two sons (Salvi and Vito) he was determined to bring authentic Italian flavours that reflect his family’s heritage and he has done exactly that with spectacular success. The pizzas at Salvito’s are wonderful.
Located in Eggers Road, behind the Upper Moutere village, what was Moutere Hills winery and restaurant has been transformed over the last few of years into Forsters at Moutere Hills, a beautiful dining location where you can sit outside on a sunny day or be wrapped up inside on a colder winter’s day.
On Friday, March 26 at 6:30pm, Juliet will be hosting a tasting at the Northern Club in Auckland. She will be expertly pairing some of New Zealand’s finest artisan cheeses with selected wines, followed by salad and dessert. We hope…
If you have been around Nelson as long as I have you will remember the days of the Texacana Burger Bar in Hardy St with its roller door and counter that was basically on the footpath as well as the…
I have tried many natural wines in recent years and have written a little about this style of winemaking in previous columns, I am generally quite disappointed in many of those I have tried, but the glaring exception are the…
I love positive people and I don’t think anyone who opens a new café in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic could be described as anything but positive. Gareth and Hayley Lewis decided to do just that and opened Little…
Named after its location in Shaggery Road, just off West Bank Road in the Motueka Valley, Little Shaggery Farm is a delightful 60 acre Bio-Gro certified organic farm with a collection of fruit-bearing plants including an orchard, a berry garden…
A few of the key factors in the success of any business are being able to adapt, innovate and strive for continual improvement, even if you have the market sector cornered, and that is exactly what Pic Picot and his…
A number of products cross my desk that are really useful but don’t really fit the Taste of Nelson theme of this column, occasionally there’s one that I think is worth telling you about, and this is one such product,…