Pestell's Rai Bacon Company – Nelson Mail 28.03.18
March 28, 2018
Kush Coffee – Nelson Mail 21.03.18
March 21, 2018
Tucked around the corner in Church Street is one of Nelson’s favourite coffee houses, Kush Coffee and I reckon it is a coffee house with attitude – a good attitude. Anyone who has ever worked with me will tell you…
Madame Lu’s – Nelson Mail 14.03.18
March 14, 2018
For two Nelson sisters cooking at home with their mother as they grew up sowed the seeds for a love of food and then when they spent time in south east Asia their discovery of simple but fresh and flavoursome…
Bidfood – Nelson Mail 07.03.18
March 7, 2018
If you stop and think about the machine behind every item of food you buy, whether it be something from the supermarket shelf of a plate of exceptional food at a restaurant, there is one company that I can guarantee…
Shayne Cox – Kaimira Estate – Nelson Mail 28.02.18
February 28, 2018
Shayne Cox, the winemaker at Kaimira Estate in Brightwater, is one of those laconic guys who appears to cruise through life but behind that laid back exterior is a hard-working, very talented and focused winemaker who is passionate about making…
Andreas Welte – Nelson Mail 21.02.18
February 21, 2018
“Ask yourself what is correct ethically and aesthetically, and then what is useful economically; something is right if it helps to preserve the integrity, the stability and the beauty of the ecological community.” Aldo Leopold. This is the opening…
Australian Sauvignon Blanc? – Nelson Mail 14.02.18
February 14, 2018
In recent weeks there has been a bit of noise in the media and a huge amount of noise on social media about Pernot Ricard choosing to source sauvignon blanc grapes from Australia rather than Marlborough to make the Montana…
The Smoking Barrel – Nelson Mail 07.02.18
February 7, 2018
While succulent slow cooked barbecue and smoked meats are behind the name of this popular restaurant it is the fresh, handcrafted donuts that have made The Smoking Barrel almost world famous. Plenty of people from all around the region make…
Hop Federation Brewery – Nelson Mail 31.01.18
January 31, 2018
I have been known to enjoy a beer or two in my time and craft beers have become firm favourites, you will always find a few in our fridge and I will almost guarantee a bottle or two from Hop…