French wine tasting and dinner – Nelson Mail 02.05.18
Over the years I have written a few columns on the benefits of having a wine cellar; too often these…
The Coffee Factory & Pomeroy’s – Nelson Mail 25.04.18
Pomeroy’s Tea & Coffee Company was Nelson’s original boutique coffee roastery, established by Jane and the late Nigel Price in…
The Coffee Factory & Pomeroy’s – Nelson Mail 25.04.18
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…
The Pantry Door – Nelson Mail 18.04.18
It isn’t often I come across business owners as excited and positive about their business as Pat and Phillipa Ashton…
Dave Glover – Nelson Mail 11.04.18
On the 27th March 2018 Nelson lost one of its pioneering winemakers, Dr Dave Glover passed away. Please excuse my…
Organic producers – Nelson Mail 04.04.18
The perception of organic fruit and vegetables is often of misshapen produce that doesn’t look very appetising, and it is…
Pestell's Rai Bacon Company – Nelson Mail 28.03.18
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…
Pestell’s Rai Bacon Company – Nelson Mail 28.03.18
Like many other offices the conversation in our tea room often revolves around food be it what someone had to…