In case you haven’t noticed Café Affaire at the top of Trafalgar St was renamed as Bacco Restaurant and Wine Bar about 18 months ago. Owner Terry Milton set up Milcrest Wines about 10 years ago when he “bought a…
Last week I was one of a group of wine writers, buyers and communicators who were invited to attend a Pinot Noir Salon at Cloudy Bay hosted by Estate Director Yang Shen, Senior Winemaker Tim Heath and Viticulture Manager…
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of helping judge the Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy for Nelson’s top chardonnay, however, rather than selecting an outright winner as we have in previous years, we selected our top three wines from…
Motueka has had an important role in this region’s food industry for many years, primarily as a place food is grown and processed, but in recent times it has also become home to some wonderful eating establishments including Precinct Dining…
Whenever we read or hear about a great restaurant, café or bar the owner of the business is normally the focus of the article but all great hospitality businesses have a hard working team in the background, people who often…
We have been buying wonderful artisan breads from Tozzetti for many years and when they moved to new premises on Vanguard St I expected to find a larger version of the old bakery and shop on Halifax St, just a…
The wonderful summer sunshine Nelson is famous for seems to have been hiding in 2017-18 with the stormy weather in late March and April rounding off a pretty miserable few months, and we are starting to see the full impact…