Home-baked Luggage

  Whose mother travels on the bus with her carry-on luggage bursting with home-baking? Mine does, that’s who. Mum’s carry-on bag contained no less than Plum Cake, Feijoa Muffins, biscuits, lemons to make a Lemon Syrup, and a pot of butter!   Mum stepped off the warm bus and into a bitterly cold wind that […]

Posted by Admin on August 31st, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes, Festive and Celebrations, Travel

Three Great Hawke’s Bay Red Wines

Here are three red wines that Mum and I enjoyed over the Christmas 2013 holiday season and into the New Year.   The three top wine picks I have chosen have many similar characteristics – this is just a coincidence. they are all reds, they are all from Hawke’s Bay they all come from the […]

Posted by Admin on January 12th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Drinks and Wine, Featured Products, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Wine Review : 2013

Wine Review: Wines Mum and I Consumed in 2013.   And the winners are (this is all my humble opinion) :   3. Great : Moana Park, Hawke’s Bay, Syrah, 2011. 2. Greater : Squaking Magpie, Gimblett Gravels, Hawke’s Bay, The Chatterer, Syrah, 2011. 1. Greatest : Esk Valley, Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay, Merlot Cabernet […]

Posted by Admin on January 12th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Drinks and Wine, Featured Products, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand