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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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Joelle Thomson2019-12-18 15:13:232019-12-18 15:16:05Joelle Thomson’s Top 12 sparkling wines of 2019
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Neil Hodgson2019-12-18 14:49:462019-12-24 20:48:22Old House VineyardsTOP WINES TASTINGS
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.
Kahurangi Estate Nelson Pinot Noir Rose
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Creamy texture upfront without being creamy in flavour, the palate weight is full and flavours of crisp cranberry dominate but with lovely background red berry flavours.
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Gelato Roma
/0 Comments/in Neil Hodgson, Nelson, New Zealand, Producers /by Neil HodgsonI first wrote about Gelato Roma back in March 2016 and a lot has happened with this exciting Nelson business in the intervening years, so I thought it was time to find out more and tell you about it. Let’s start by having a quick look back at the history of Gelato Roma. The business […]
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 […]