The new manager of Nelson’s Comida restaurant brings an authentic blend of Mediterranean heritage and culinary experience to the role. Aurelie Zentaoui  hails…

Aroha Chocolate® was founded by husband & wife team Jo Logan & Mike Duke (aka Wobblie – “most people know…

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

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 have been following the winemaking career of Trudy Sheild for many years because I think she is a winemaker…

Sitting on the new deck at Jellyfish Restaurant with views across the wharf and down the estuary to the open…

A couple of years ago I wrote a column about Kahurangi Liquor Distributors and the Port wines they import and…

th year Milton has sold the vineyard and sources grapes for his Milcrest Wines from growers in the region “there aren’t enough hours in the day to grow grapes and run this business as well as traveling the country selling my wines.” Over the years Milcrest Wines have won gold medals for their Pinot Noir,…

  Last week I was one of a group of wine writers, buyers and communicators who were invited to attend…