Domain Road Pinot Noir 2013 is from the Bannockburn subregion of Central Otago wine country, South Island, New Zealand. It costs about NZ$38 a bottle. Colour: Ruby with flashes of purple. Bouquet: Sensuous, savoury, smoky – sweet woodsmoke – rosehips, … Continue reading
Sweetcorn. Ah. One of the delights of a New Zealand summer. Roadside stalls, farmers markets and produce stores tempt with just picked produce although the days of ’5 for $1′ seem to have past. I usually pop an un-husked ear … Continue reading
We left after lunch on Boxing Day for an anticipated five hour journey south from Orewa to Ohakune. It was a cruisy drive, not much traffic. I think many people going away for the statutory holidays had gone early, either … Continue reading
One of my favourite recipes that I find myself cooking at least once is month is Asian Baked Salmon by Rowan Bishop, food columnist in Urban and Country - a monthly lifestyle magazine inserted into Waikato newspapers that I also write a wine … Continue reading