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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 Hodgson2021-10-14 15:01:002021-11-14 15:28:09Red16TOP WINES TASTINGS
Blackenbrook Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2021
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This is another beautiful wine from Blackenbrook Wines that exhibits the varietal purity we have come to expect from the Schwarzenbach family
Seifried Estate Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2020
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Intense, weighty, concentrated and flavoursome, this multi-trophy winning wine is an exceptional wine at an exceptional price.
No1 Family Estate Assemble Methode Marlborough
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It may be made in Marlborough but the Champagne heritage of Daniel Le Brun is obvious in this finely crafted yet very approachable wine.
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Under the Hood BBQ Sauce
/in Neil Hodgson, Nelson, Producers /by Neil HodgsonEarly last year I wrote about Dave King who started Under the Hood BBQ with his wife Michelle. Since then the business has really taken off, even though it is a side hustle for a couple who have full-time employment and run Under the Hood BBQ in the evenings and at weekends. Let’s have a […]
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/in Neil Hodgson, Nelson, Producers, Takeaways /by Neil HodgsonThe Nelson Farmers Market is alive and well in its new location next to the library in Halifax St, in fact, the site seems purpose-made for this great market. There’s plenty of space so stalls are a little more spread out, which is great for social distancing, and there’s enough room for more traders to […]