Akarua Winery’s ongoing association with the Arrowtown Autumn Festival reflects the close links between the two, according to Akarua general manager Kathryn Pettit. 2020 marks Akarua’s fifth year as naming rights sponsor of the festival. Akarua Winery was planted in 1996 in Bannockburn by the Skeggs family
The founders of the novel retail centre, café and honey experience in Frankton, known as Country Lane, have a direct link to the rural property’s farming history. Tineke Enright and her brother Bruce Grant developed the centre on the family farm after their father Bill Grant
Breathing new life into Cromwell’s largest hotel, The Gate, has been an ongoing project for general manager Glen Christiansen and his team over the past five years and the high standard development continues with the recent refurbishment of the accommodation wing. “We have completed a contemporary
The ongoing restoration of original buildings in Clyde continues to place the historic town on the New Zealand heritage map and the recent opening of The Lord Clyde reinforces its significance. The Lord Clyde is a new accommodation option in Clyde’s main centre and has been
In the 1980s pioneering winemaker Alan Brady had an inkling that Gibbston Valley would be a good place to grow grapes–an inkling that has cast the area onto the world stage as an important wine producer. Gibbston Valley Winery opened in 1990and has grown along with
Cromwell-based solar energy specialist Infinite Energy is focused on providing design integrated solar power systems that successfully merge with buildings and ensure an appealing aesthetic for homes and commercial properties in Central Otago and the Southern Lakes. General manager Regan Heal says the company supplies bespoke
More and more homeowners in and around Queenstown are employing professional property management company Relaxaway Holiday Homes to get the best results in the short-term luxury rental market. For more than ten years the company has taken a proactive approach to marketing clients’ properties and business
A prominent New Zealand surface restoration business, Nano-Clear® recognised nationally for their sustainably focused premium products and services has recently expanded into the South Island and QT Magazine spoke to Wanaka representative George Bridgewater about their presence in the Southern Lakes. What inspired the company’s move
The owners of recently opened Italian restaurant Giovi in Remarkables Park have brought a touch of authentic Italy to Queenstown. Italian chef Giovanna Boventi Faroni has had a long-held dream along with her businessman husband Mauro Balzarini to open a restaurant providing genuine, healthy and affordable
Anna McRitchie relies on leading fashion brands that have stood the test of time for her boutique store in Clyde which stocks only the best New Zealand designers. “Standard Issue is very well known amongst Kiwi women for knitwear that encompasses a fashion forward aesthetic with