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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 professional 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 Hodgson2020-01-22 14:08:292020-02-06 16:47:23Gelato Roma
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Neil Hodgson2020-01-01 19:37:172020-01-01 19:37:17Visitor’s Guide to Food & Beverage in Nelson
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Joelle Thomson2019-12-18 15:13:232019-12-18 15:16:05Joelle Thomson’s Top 12 sparkling wines of 2019TOP WINES TASTINGS
Auntsfield Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017
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This is a massively (and impressively) rich wine with the seductive flavours of black plum, black cherry, a hint of smokiness with a nice touch of spice in the incredibly long finish.
Beso Del Sol Rose Sangria
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Light, fresh, fruity with a fresh off-dry finish. this is a delightful, easy drinking summer wine
No1 Family Estate Vintage 2013 Adéle Cuvée Methode Traditionelle
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With layer upon layer of flavours evolving in the palate this is a stunning wine, a wine with presence and elegance.
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The Honest Sausage
/in Neil Hodgson, Nelson, Producers, Uncategorized /by Neil HodgsonOne of the things I love about writing this column is the surprising number of producers of fantastic product I find that I had no idea existed so when a Nelson Mail reporter sent me a website link asking if I had heard of The Honest Sausage (I hadn’t) I just had to find out […]
Motueka Creamery
/in Neil Hodgson, Nelson, Producers /by Neil HodgsonLast week I wrote about the superb artisan producers of gelato and sorbet, Gelato Roma, however I discovered another producer of premium ice cream products in the supermarket chiller earlier this summer – Motueka Creamery. It didn’t take much to find out this is another brand owned by Talley’s and is their move into the […]