Brightwater Vineyards new winemaker
Over the last year or so there has been a shuffling of chairs in the local wine scene, mainly with winemakers moving to new opportunities with other producers. When Tony…
Caravan of Love – Just Be Food & Drinks
In 2005 Annette Meyer, who is originally from Switzerland, came to New Zealand to “milk cows and experience the Kiwi way of life”. She was so entranced with this country…
Kismet Cocktail and Whiskey Lounge
Regular readers of this column will know about my love of wine and good food, but what about other drinks? Just as not everyone likes wine, I don’t like gin,…
Root to Tip cooking competition
There is a very cool cooking competition happening right around New Zealand right now, it challenges kids from years five and six to create dishes using every part of their…
Knife sharpening
Published in the Nelson Mail 07.11.18 The rise of the TV cooking shows over the last decade or so has resulted in home cooks improving their skills in the kitchen…
Downing Creative
Published in the Nelson Mail 08.08.18 Ask any producer and they will tell you making a product is the easy part, selling it is another matter altogether and that is…
Marlborough Wine Industry
Published in the Nelson Mail 13.06.18 I have acknowledged regularly that Marlborough wineries are the backbone of New Zealand’s wine industry, they provide the coat tails that other New Zealand…
Bidfood – Nelson Mail 07.03.18
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…
Andreas Welte – Nelson Mail 21.02.18
“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…
Gold medal stickers on bottles & New World Wine Awards – 04.10.17
I am often asked whether or not a gold medal sticker on a bottle of wine really means anything, this question usually arises because someone has bought a bottle with…