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Top Tastes is designed to help you find the best food and beverage venues and products; whether you want delicious fish chips, beautiful café food in a winery setting, finely crafted formal dining, food ideas, wine reviews or cocktail recipes this is your guide to the best New Zealand has to offer.
Top Tastes was created by Neil Hodgson and managed by him, he has invited other writers to contribute to the site, this means more regional information will be added as time goes by. You will find a range of opinions, reviews and recipes from people who know their stuff when it comes to food and beverage.
Only reviews written by this select group will be published on the site (you are welcome to leave comments of course) so you will be able to trust the review – no fake reviews, no ranting, just good information to help you choose great things to eat and drink as well as the best places to eat out.
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Neil Hodgson2020-06-21 16:39:362020-06-24 11:42:10Crushed Avocado, Corn Salsa and Chilli Cream recipesFEATURED ARTICLES
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Neil Hodgson2020-06-20 11:48:382020-06-20 11:48:38Fine Wines of New Zealand 2020 selection announced
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Neil Hodgson2020-06-10 14:06:422020-06-11 14:19:06Nelson Farmers Market
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Phil Parker2020-05-26 15:47:502020-06-26 09:14:47It’s all about the Taste.
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Neil Hodgson2020-05-20 16:03:202020-05-26 17:34:49Arden Dinner at Home & Pork Menchi KatsuTOP WINES TASTINGS
St Pauli Pinot Noir 2019
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Add a twist of sweet liquorice, delicious acidity and silky tannins and you have one very serious Pinot Noir.
St Pauli Vineyards Chardonnay 2019
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I love this style of chardonnay, rich and packed with flavour but with delightfully fresh acidity and not a hint of overt sulfides in sight, they are just there for complexity.
Seifried Family Winemakers Pinot Gris 2019
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Intense, ripe pear flavours are wrapped around beautiful juicy acidity and enhanced with gentle spice notes
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/in Aaron Ballantyne, Neil Hodgson, Nelson, Restaurants, Wine Articles /by Neil HodgsonCovid-19 restrictions have impacted the entire country, no single person or business has been unaffected during the last few months, but one industry did get some very favourable help from Mother Nature – the wine grape harvest was almost perfect in 2020 and is certainly a ray of sunshine during these difficult times. The ripening […]
Crushed Avocado, Corn Salsa and Chilli Cream recipes
/in Aaron Ballantyne, Recipes /by Neil HodgsonThese recipes from Hopgood’s & Co are designed to go with Mussel Pikelets but you can also use them with many other dishes. CRUSHED AVOCADO 2 ripe avocados, skin and stones removed 1 lime, juice only 1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil Sea salt & pepper 1. In a bowl, crush the avocado with the […]