If you have been around Nelson as long as I have you will remember the days when the local dairy was more than just a place to by soft drinks, ice creams, cigarettes, pies and other takeaway foods; before the…
What does a lawyer do when he retires? Michael Gilbert has embarked on a new career in the food industry, starting a business called Pure Food, which produces a range of hand-crafted dressings. In April last year he and a…
Over the years many cafés, bars and restaurants have come and gone from the dining scene in Nelson with only a handful leaving a permanent footprint while others seem to have just quietly gone away. Even though it has been…
Casa del Vino has been Nelson’s premium boutique wine store for many years and late last year it entered a new phase in its long life under new ownership. Juliane and Glenn Cormier purchased the business from Ann Banks who…
During the hot summer months huge numbers of people consume icy cold Coca Cola and Pepsi carbonated drinks, they are incredibly cheap and available so widely it is impossible to miss the display chillers and advertising. However another player in…
If you are a visitor to Nelson you will have been enjoying the famous Nelson sunshine and sheltering from a few rain showers just like the locals have been and hopefully you have been enjoying some of the wonderful foods…
When I started writing this column towards the end of 2014 the good folk at the Nelson Mail and I all thought I might be able to find enough food and beverage stories to tell for about a year but…