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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.
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Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide 2020 – Win a Copy
/0 Comments/in Neil Hodgson, New Zealand, News, Wine Articles /by Neil HodgsonThe latest edition of this highly regarded and popular wine buyer’s guide has just hit the shelves and you can win one of two copies by sending an email with your name, email address and postal address (so we can send you a copy if your name is drawn from the hat) to win@toptastes.co.nz before 4pm […]
Shiraz or Syrah? It doesn’t matter, they are the same
/0 Comments/in Wine Articles /by Angie AtkinsonPotato, Potahto – Tomato, Tomahto Shiraz and Syrah are one and the same. Shiraz is used in Australia, but not exclusively as South Africa also produces Shiraz and Syrah is the name used for this variety around the rest of the world. A dark skinned variety, Syrah originated in the Rhone region of France and […]