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,…

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

Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce Aspire Conference and asked attendees to select the wine they liked the most. Not every winery entered a wine in the competition and the wines entered were from three different vintages (2014,2015 and 2016), however the three wines chosen by the judges were a great representation of the outstanding quality…

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of helping judge the Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy for Nelson’s top chardonnay,…

It seems every sector of the wine industry has something to promote, be it wineries promoting gold medal and trophy…

Writing this column often has me pondering about just how much our food and beverage choices have changed over the…

www.winenelson.co.nz or www.craftbrewingcapital.co.nz where you will find tour maps and information about each winery and brewery in the region, including those that are family friendly and those that welcome larger groups of people – not every winery or brewery has the space for several groups at the same time so if you are a group…

If you are a visitor to Nelson you will have been enjoying the famous Nelson sunshine and sheltering from a…

When I started writing this column towards the end of 2014 the good folk at the Nelson Mail and I…