Brightwater Vineyards new winemaker
Over the last year or so there has been a shuffling of chairs in the local wine scene, mainly with winemakers moving to new opportunities with other producers. When Tony Southgate decided it was time to move on from his…
Caravan of Love – Just Be Food & Drinks
In 2005 Annette Meyer, who is originally from Switzerland, came to New Zealand to “milk cows and experience the Kiwi…
Kismet Cocktail and Whiskey Lounge
Regular readers of this column will know about my love of wine and good food, but what about other drinks?…
Root to Tip cooking competition
There is a very cool cooking competition happening right around New Zealand right now, it challenges kids from years five…
Knife sharpening
Published in the Nelson Mail 07.11.18 The rise of the TV cooking shows over the last decade or so has…
Downing Creative
Published in the Nelson Mail 08.08.18 Ask any producer and they will tell you making a product is the easy…
Marlborough Wine Industry
Published in the Nelson Mail 13.06.18 I have acknowledged regularly that Marlborough wineries are the backbone of New Zealand’s wine…
Bidfood – Nelson Mail 07.03.18
If you stop and think about the machine behind every item of food you buy, whether it be something from…
Andreas Welte – Nelson Mail 21.02.18
“Ask yourself what is correct ethically and aesthetically, and then what is useful economically; something is right if it…