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…

The building FORD’S Restaurant is located in at the top of Trafalgar Street has had many iterations as a café…

FORD’S Restaurant is located in at the top of Trafalgar Street has had many iterations as a café or restaurant since the late 1980’s. I can’t remember what business was operating in the premises before Jane and the late Nigel Price renovated the old building and turned it into Nelson’s first coffee roastery, Pomeroy’s. The…

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

In case you haven’t noticed Café Affaire at the top of Trafalgar St was renamed as Bacco Restaurant and Wine…

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,…