When the blackboard at The Chop Shop suggests a glass of bubbles to celebrate the start of summer 🤗. A delicious match with a summery...

#364 Buy - The perfect combination of wine, cheese and saucisson from Wine Freedom. Set in the lovely historic 1880s NMA building in the...

#335 Eat - An incredible menu at Bracken in Dunedin. In a lovely old villa, this inner city restaurant is locally owned by Ken and Fiona....

#287 Do - Pétanque, a lunch platter and a glass of wine at Brennan Wines in the Gibbston Valley. Locally owned by the Brennan family,...

#254 Eat - a lunch date at Juliusspital, the local hospital. We drove to Würzburg today, the start of the 'Romantic Road'. PJ was a...

#238 Do - a glass of pinot noir in the thyme by the Bannockburn Bridge overlooking the Kawarau River on a warm evening with PJ. Simple...

#219 Eat - the flavours of Central Otago. For the last month, there has been a fantastic 'Eat.Taste.Central' celebration of local produce...

#133 Buy - today we popped in and met Joan at Aurum Wines, just north of Cromwell in Central Otago. Family owned vineyard and olive...

#108 Do - celebrate local wines from Central Otago at a winemaker's dinner. Tonight we had an entertaining and fun evening of wine hosted...

#16 Drink - Wet Jacket wines. Owner Greg Hay brings top quality wine, NZ history and more recently, delicious Whitestone cheese, together...