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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 Hodgson2020-09-30 16:02:122020-10-18 18:47:10Brookfield Free Range Eggs
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Neil Hodgson2020-09-21 15:42:562020-10-18 16:01:45The Vegetarian ButcherFEATURED ARTICLES
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Neil Hodgson2020-09-16 16:23:332020-09-16 16:23:33Blackenbrook Vineyards 2020 vintage
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Neil Hodgson2020-09-16 08:21:462020-09-15 17:49:11Barbecued & Smoked St Louis Pork Ribs & Coleslaw
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Phil Parker2020-08-19 14:36:082020-08-23 15:22:27NAKED WINE - The natural wine movement
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Neil Hodgson2020-08-18 14:16:102020-08-23 17:21:32Covid labour challenges in the rural sector
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Neil Hodgson2020-07-29 16:56:552020-08-18 17:24:56Middle Earth Wines new releaseTOP WINES TASTINGS
Lake Chalice Plume Chardonnay 2016
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This is a powerful yet incredibly well balanced wine. Rich upfront with delightful lemon citrus in the very long, juicy finish.
Seifried Nelson Gewurztraminer 2020
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The mouthfeel and weight of this wine is medium in intensity rather than being too rich but is still mouthfilling. This allows the delicate lychee and ginger flavours to sparkle on the palate.
Aotea by The Seifried Family Sauvignon Blanc 2020
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This is a grown-up, complex Sauvignon Blanc. It’s more forward and more complex, it’s not just about bright zingy fruit.
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Brookfield Free Range Eggs
/in Neil Hodgson, Nelson, Producers, Suppliers /by Neil HodgsonThere are a huge range of eggs to choose from at the supermarkets, but in the Nelson Tasman region we are lucky to have a handful of outstanding free range egg producers whose operations are very small but the quality of the eggs they produce for you and me is top shelf. Last week I […]
The Vegetarian Butcher
/in Neil Hodgson, Nelson, Producers, Uncategorized /by Neil HodgsonA dictionary definition of a butcher is a person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop so how can a butcher produce vegetarian products? I asked Maria Rollin from The Vegetarian Butcher in Hardy St exactly that and she told me (with a big smile of course) “I get vegetarians and […]