Owning a small business comes with many challenges, I love seeing a business succeed and then have the challenge of…

I think you would need to be walking around asleep if you aren’t familiar with the Benge & Co name…

Last week I had a coffee with the brother and sister duo who own the business, Colin Benge and Sarah Benge.  The reason for their success soon became apparent – hard work, passion and being uncompromising on the quality of the product they sell. The business has evolved since the purchase of Stoke Fruit &…

Pomeroy’s Tea & Coffee Company was Nelson’s original boutique coffee roastery, established by Jane and the late Nigel Price in…

Pomeroy’s Tea & Coffee Company was Nelson’s original boutique coffee roastery, established by Jane and the late Nigel Price in a café in upper Trafalgar St in 1989. I had been drinking ‘proper espresso’ coffee at Chez Eelco for some time but when Nigel and Jane opened their café with a coffee roaster in the…

On the 27th March 2018 Nelson lost one of its pioneering winemakers, Dr Dave Glover passed away. Please excuse my…

Like many other offices the conversation in our tea room often revolves around food be it what someone had to…

Pestell’s Rai Valley Bacon Company is a family owned business run by third generation butchers, Chris and Steve Pestell. The identical twins literally grew up in the butchery trade, spending many hours after school hanging around their father’s butcher shop in Stoke so I think it is fair to say they were destined to carry…

Tucked around the corner in Church Street is one of Nelson’s favourite coffee houses, Kush Coffee and I reckon it…