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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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The Nutt Ranch
/in Marlborough, Neil Hodgson, Producers /by Neil HodgsonOwned by Keith Hair & Georgina Ponder The Nutt Ranch is a hazelnut orchard located in the Waihopai Valley in Marlborough, Keith and Georgina bring their harvested and processed nut treats to the Nelson Farmers Market each Wednesday. I have walked past their stall many times without stopping so I thought it was time to […]
Barossa wines a must-see (and taste) in South Australia
/in Australia, Barossa Valley, Beer Articles, Simon Wood, Wine Articles /by Simon WoodThe 2019 Vintage begins at Rockford Wines in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. The life of a wine lover is punctuated with memories that stick so freshly in your memory you can taste them, like the first time I tried Penfolds Grange (standing in a fountain in Blenheim at 2am, drinking it out of the […]