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 am often asked whether or not a gold medal sticker on a bottle of wine really means anything, this…

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…

Hopgood’s and Co is head chef Aaron Ballantyne. Head Chef Aaron Ballantyne and Chef Patron Kevin Hopgood of Hopgood’s & Co Restaurant, Trafalgar Street, Nelson Ballantyne has worked at Hopgood’s for almost 11 years and is an important key to the restaurant maintaining a focus on consistently high-quality food, to the…

Like many business owners Kevin Hopgood relies on his staff to excel at everything they do and the person leading…

Yaza is a quirky little café in a corner of the Montgomery car park that has carved a reputation for…

Whenever we read or hear about a great restaurant, café or bar the owner of the business is normally the…

I think by now everyone knows I am a real fan of the various markets happening on a regular basis…