Little Nessie Cafe
I love positive people and I don’t think anyone who opens a new café in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic could be described as anything but positive. Gareth and…
Homemade.Kiwi dried products
I regularly come across new products that are being made and sold by people starting their own business but it isn’t often I find someone who is a little older,…
Little Shaggery Farm
Named after its location in Shaggery Road, just off West Bank Road in the Motueka Valley, Little Shaggery Farm is a delightful 60 acre Bio-Gro certified organic farm with a…
Pic’s Peanut Chocolate Butter with Whittaker’s
A few of the key factors in the success of any business are being able to adapt, innovate and strive for continual improvement, even if you have the market sector…
Cheese and Food Storage bags
A number of products cross my desk that are really useful but don’t really fit the Taste of Nelson theme of this column, occasionally there’s one that I think is…
Rea’s Tacos
I recently discovered another great food cart, Rea’s Tacos, that has recently been added to the growing number of mobile food businesses in Kirby Lane and I caught up with…
Flaxmore Vineyards
When I told you about Flaxmore Vineyards a couple of years ago they were a new label in the Nelson wine scene. In the intervening years owners Stuart and P…
Farewell to a year that will long live in infamy
The tumultuous 2020 year certainly ended in this region with an exclamation mark in the form of an extreme hail storm in Motueka and surrounding areas on Boxing Day. My…
Christmas 2020
Christmas is just two days away and hopefully you have most of your gift shopping sorted and know what fresh fruit and vegetables you need to buy at the last…
Abel
If you want to start your own cider and winemaking business it wouldn’t hurt at all if you have a decent wine production pedigree, and that is the case with…