I think you would need to be walking around asleep if you aren’t familiar with the Benge & Co name…

Last week I had a coffee with the brother and sister duo who own the business, Colin Benge and Sarah Benge.  The reason for their success soon became apparent – hard work, passion and being uncompromising on the quality of the product they sell. The business has evolved since the purchase of Stoke Fruit &…

One thing I love about the wine industry is anyone can be part of it, it doesn’t matter how big…

Over the years I have written a few columns on the benefits of having a wine cellar; too often these…

Pomeroy’s Tea & Coffee Company was Nelson’s original boutique coffee roastery, established by Jane and the late Nigel Price in…

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…

It isn’t often I come across business owners as excited and positive about their business as Pat and Phillipa Ashton…

On the 27th March 2018 Nelson lost one of its pioneering winemakers, Dr Dave Glover passed away. Please excuse my…

The perception of organic fruit and vegetables is often of misshapen produce that doesn’t look very appetising, and it is…