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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
For most people the direction we take in life is influenced by a small number of people; our parents, a teacher, a partner or someone who opens your eyes to the uniqueness of something we may have had a…