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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 Hodgson2020-12-30 18:09:092021-01-02 18:33:57Farewell to a year that will long live in infamy
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Neil Hodgson2020-12-23 17:25:132021-01-02 18:08:45Christmas 2020FEATURED ARTICLES
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Phil Parker2020-12-23 15:21:042020-12-25 18:06:21Central Otago Revisited - by Phil Parker
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Neil Hodgson2020-12-12 13:15:292020-12-15 13:40:27Unkel Wines
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Neil Hodgson2020-11-25 17:12:312020-11-28 17:30:54Gravity Winery
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Neil Hodgson2020-11-25 14:43:362020-11-25 14:43:36Taylor’s Very Old Tawny Port - Kingsman Edition
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Neil Hodgson2020-11-18 15:45:292020-12-15 13:43:47Harry’s Fish ShopTOP WINES TASTINGS
Lake Chalice Plume Pinot Noir 2017
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Plush sweet red cherry flavours upfront are quickly balanced with soft spice and a hint of rich liquorice in the long finish that is rounded out with lashings of juicy acidity.
Neudorf Tiritiri Chardonnay 2019
Taste & Other Notes
From the first smell you know this is a wine crafted by the talented team at Neudorf, it reflects the familial characters we have come to expect from Neudorf wines
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.
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Farewell to a year that will long live in infamy
/in Neil Hodgson, Nelson, News, Producers, Wine Articles /by Neil HodgsonThe tumultuous 2020 year certainly ended in this region with an exclamation mark in the form of an extreme hail storm in Motueka and surrounding areas on Boxing Day. My heart goes out to all those hard-working horticulturists who managed their way the Covid-19 restrictions to help put food and drink on our tables only […]
Christmas 2020
/in Articles, Neil Hodgson, Nelson, Producers, Retailers, Uncategorized, Wine Articles /by Neil HodgsonChristmas is just two days away and hopefully you have most of your gift shopping sorted and know what fresh fruit and vegetables you need to buy at the last minute to enjoy over the holiday season. It seems strange that we all crowd into shop and supermarkets to stock up just because they are […]