Covid-19 Lockdown recipe and wine recommendation
Being locked in for a few weeks means I don’t get to go and discover and write about some of…
2020 Nelson Wine Vintage
I was recently reminded of an old Chinese saying ‘may you live in interesting times’. Some people have thought of…
Porta Via
When the owners of Casa del Vino decided to close the doors of their iconic little wine specialty store my…
YUM Granola
I first came across YUM Granola back in 2016 and wrote about them not long after I discovered their great…
Mister Karaage – Japanese Fried Chicken
If you love fried chicken then you need to hunt out Kenji Usui and his Mister Karaage caravan. To be…
Sunhouse Chai
Chai has become an incredibly popular drink in recent years, it’s essentially a flavoured tea and when made well is…
Kakariki Olives
I realised recently that while we use a lot of Nelson produced olive oil at home I haven’t actually written…
The Honest Sausage
One of the things I love about writing this column is the surprising number of producers of fantastic product I…