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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.
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Neil Hodgson2023-10-11 11:40:322023-10-16 11:55:51Anchorage Wines- Stripping back helps Motueka Winemakers and Growers strike gold
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Winter Dining Deals in Nelson – Nelson Mail 26.05.15
/in Cafe's /by Neil HodgsonWinter is a tough time for any hospitality business but in a relatively low population area like Nelson most try and make enough money over busy summer months to be able to survive through very slow winter months. Sometimes that is a real struggle but business owners who work hard to tempt you and I […]
Lighthouse Brewery
/in Beer Articles /by Neil HodgsonI first met Dick Tout from Lighthouse Brewery in the late 1970s when he owned RE Tout & Son, a service station on Collingwood St where the 132 Medical Centre is now. During the time he owned the service station he also bought a couple of properties that had been part of the original block […]