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Your committee found the Trade Kitchen staff to be very accommodating, making the organisation of this dinner easy. The venue worked reasonably well although the noise level in the bigger room made it hard to hear some conversations. The dinner...

That missing coat The issue of the missing coat remains unsolved. Can I ask those who attended the Dinner to check their wardrobes? Someone has mistakenly taken Mary Taylor’s coat and left their own. If you have the wrong coat...

Just for the fun of it. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the...

Waimea Estates is one of Nelson's larger producers with over 140 hectares of their own vineyards. The cool climate and alluvial soils of Nelson's Waimea plains combined with the highest sunshine hours in New Zealand allow vibrant, fruit-focused wines to...

$1 Margaret River Sauvignon / Semillon I never thought I would have to confess to anything along these lines, but while visiting our daughter in Sydney last week we actually drank a wine that she had only paid $1 for...

nzwine.com | 26 Apr 2019 Tuku is the world’s first Māori Winemakers Collective, bringing together awarded Māori wine companies based on their shared values of land, family and hospitality. TUKU Māori Winemakers Collective The collective is made up of majority...

The AGM went well. The supper was well received and having bubbles at the supper was a hit. Good feedback was received about the supper and the wine. Your committee was returned unopposed and unchanged. I am sure that this...

I'm back You can breathe a sigh of relief. The real Editor is back. Mind you as I sit here preparing this newsletter it is 4.50 pm yet almost dark, the rain is lashing on the roof and pouring over...