My last column for 2017 will be published next week and in it I will reflect on some of the wonderful food products I have discovered and people I have met in the last 12 months or so. While I…
Last weekend we were invited to join the Seifried Family to celebrate a milestone; 40 years since their first grape harvest in Nelson and marked by the release of the family’s very first Méthode Traditionnelle, a delicious local sparkling wine…
Established by David Holmes in the early 1990’s Richmond Plains was among New Zealand’s first BioGro certified organic vineyards and winemaking operations and in recent years has been a leader in bio-dynamic wine production. Holmes had worked closely with Jon…
My last column for 2017 will be published next week and in it I will reflect on some of the wonderful food products I have discovered and people I have met in the last 12 months or so. While I…
Last week I reflected on the history of McCashin’s Brewery and the wonderful products being produced by the next generation of the McCashin family under the Stoke brand. While the brewery in Stoke is an industrial brewing operation an important…
While this column is usually about wonderful Nelson people, places and products Nelsonians do go on holiday so we are putting ourselves through hell to tell you about Christchurch and Central Otago. Each year Sari and I visit at least…
Michael Glover is a local lad who has come home to the place he loves, Upper Moutere, as the winemaker for Mahana Estate. I first met Glover when he was a teenager hanging around his parent’s winery, Glovers Vineyard in…
My wife Sari and I have had a long association with The Suter Art Gallery and the Suter Café has been a favourite spot for some time. The café at the gallery had a bit of a chequered history…