A genuine wine show gold medal also doesn’t mean you will like the wine, as highly respected and experienced wine judge, Jim Harré says, “a medal on a bottle is a measure of the quality, a gold medal means the wine is of extremely high quality and has the undefinable x factor that a group of wine…

I am often asked whether or not a gold medal sticker on a bottle of wine really means anything, this…

Hopgood’s and Co is head chef Aaron Ballantyne. Head Chef Aaron Ballantyne and Chef Patron Kevin Hopgood of Hopgood’s & Co Restaurant, Trafalgar Street, Nelson Ballantyne has worked at Hopgood’s for almost 11 years and is an important key to the restaurant maintaining a focus on consistently high-quality food, to the…

Like many business owners Kevin Hopgood relies on his staff to excel at everything they do and the person leading…

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I think by now everyone knows I am a real fan of the various markets happening on a regular basis…

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