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Cathie Hamilton and Diana Arnold, both recent newcomers to New Zealand have cooked up a new tourism promotion to help extend the stay of visitors to Hawke’s Bay. “After a talk by Hawke’s Bay Tourism about their Hidden gems campaign, - aimed at encouraging visitors to stay that extra night by doing something more here – and an activity, or experience that perhaps they hadn’t thought of ...Read more
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Art Deco Weekend 2012 Cafes to visit
By tweet2eat, January 31st, 2012
The 2012 art deco weekend starts on the 14th through to the 19th February and is a highlight of the year in Napier Hawke's Bay. Many come here for the art deco buildings in Napier and some will travel across to check out the hastings deco buildings too. In this article we list our top 7 cafes that operate inside some of the best art deco buildings in Hawke's Bay. Art Deco Weekend 2012 Tweet2eat ...Read more
Tags: art deco, cafes, hastings, napier, Restaurants
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Sip. Savour. Design. Repeat.
By Steve Moody, January 17th, 2012
Tank Marketing and Design worked with No.5 Cafe & Larder in establishing their new brand identity. Sometimes a brand relies less on imagery and glossy paper, and more on language, type and sparing use of colour. No.5 demonstrates how a design concept can engage, direct and inform, subtly and effectively. The results speak for themselves and No.5 is expected to draw in the masses wanting to ...Read more
8 Hot Valentine Restaurant tips in Hawke’s Bay
By tweet2eat, January 15th, 2012Valentines Day is a time when many couples feel compelled to shower their loved one with affection and those that are single either shun or celebrate the day depending on how they feel about it. Yet other's feel that it shouldn't be just one day a year that gratitude and love should be shared around but every day. Tweet2eat believes any excuse for a dinner out is a good one and so Valentine's ...Read more
Tags: Hawke's Bay, Restaurants, Valentine's Day
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Endless Summer Caffeine
By tweet2eat, November 29th, 2011With summer upon us and holidays near, we thought it was time to publish a bucket list of the cafe's you should be visiting this summer if you haven't already. There's a lot of new places too with 50% of the cafes new to Hawke's Bay or with new owners. All offer that quintessential Hawke's Bay cafe experience that we can easily take for granted but our visiting friends and family keep talking ...Read more
Great Wine, Great Design
By Steve Moody, November 22nd, 2011With the help of Tank's practiced wine branding skills, family-owned vineyard, Petane Station have established a brand and just released their first wine. Elegant and sophisticated, the label exemplifies a quality new world wine whilst retaining an old world air. And with a gold medal to show for it, the wine is as good as the label! ...Read more
ELEPHANT HILL 2009 SYRAH WINS INTERNATIONAL TROPHY
By m vandenberg, September 9th, 2011
ELEPHANT HILL 2009 SYRAH WINS INTERNATIONAL TROPHY AT THE DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS! September 9, 2011, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand – Elephant Hill’s 2009 Syrah won an international trophy for best Red Rhone Varietal over £10 at the Decanter World Wine Awards. As one of the wine industry’s most coveted international wine show, all wines were tasted by a judging panel comprising of ...Read more
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The Conga Line is underway on the Classic NZ Wine Trail
By Matt Miller, September 9th, 2011
Looking for something cool for your visitors to do while they're in NZ for the rugby? The “Conga Line”is bringing a festival atmosphere to the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail (CNZWT) during the Rugby World Cup. The trail is a self-drive route through the leading food and wine regions of Marlborough, Wellington, Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay. Tourists and locals are urged to join the Conga ...Read more
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Elephant Hill Two New Wine Releases
By m vandenberg, August 26th, 2011Two New Wine Releases from Elephant Hill; 2010 Syrah and introducing 2009 Le Phant. Elephant Hill's 2010 Syrah is here. Hotly following in the footsteps of the sold out success of the 2009 Syrah, the 2010 Syrah has just won a a Gold Medal at the New Zealand International Wine Show. With beautifully balanced aromas and flavours, it's spicy, smooth, full of promise and destined to be a hit with ...Read more
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The Old Church
By Mandy White, August 22nd, 2011
It was only two weeks ago that my husband came home from a business dinner pronouncing that he had just eaten the best meal he had ever had. A big call to be sure and one I took with a grain of salt (excuse the pun). This best-meal-of-his-life was had at The Old Church. Apparently it is under new management with new chef to boot. I’m not sure of these details, though undoubtedly some ...Read more
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