Truro-based wine importer Old Chapel Cellars is continuing to grow its national profile in 2022, receiving notification this week that it is a finalist in two categories at the IWC Merchant Awards 2022.
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Cheers! Thatchers scoops four awards for its delicious Somerset Ciders
Four gold medals have been awarded to Somerset cider maker Thatchers in this year’s Taste of the West Awards.
Read moreLiberation Group acquires two sites from OHH Pub Company
Liberation Group’s UK Butcombe Pubs & Inns business can announce the acquisition of two sites from OHH Pub Company.
Read moreTarquin’s launch Pink Dry Gin
Tarquin’s are delighted to announce the latest addition to their award-winning range of craft gins; Tarquin’s Pink Dry Gin, a carefully crafted balance between their traditional dry gins and more modern fruit-led gins
Read moreHotels hope for a super staycation summer
Hotels in Bristol are hoping holidaymakers stick to staycations this summer to provide a much-needed post-pandemic boost to their businesses.
Read moreButcombe Brewing Co launches Jubilee Beer 1952
The Platinum Jubilee celebrations have started early at Butcombe Brewing Co with the launch of their celebratory beer – 1952 – created by its sister brewery Liberation Brewing Co.
Read moreSalcombe Brewery Co. celebrates Gold at the European Beer Challenge and the SIBA Awards
Salcombe Brewery Co. is delighted that its Pilsner has been awarded a Gold Medal at the 2022 European Beer Challenge following hot on the heels of a Gold for its Belgica, at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Awards.
Read moreBristol rated “most vibrant city” as food and drink sales grow in Britain’s cities
New research shows restaurants, pubs and bars in Britain’s major cities are seeing solid sales growth from pre-Covid levels.
Read moreThird site for high-end Thai restaurant Nusara secured in Dorset
Award-winning restauranteur Andy Lennox has announced the third site for his Thai concept Nusara. The founder of the Koh Thai brand plans to open a 115-cover restaurant in the centre of Wimborne, Dorset in early August.
Read moreDorset tourism businesses enjoy an extra celebration as three special awards announced
Winners of the 2021/22 Dorset Tourism Awards enjoyed an extra celebration with a spring party for 120 winners and sponsors at Sculpture by the Lakes on 19 May, when three special prizes were announced.
Read moreMagic of the Med is on the menu at Eden’s new-look terrace restaurant
The Eden Project’s magical Med Terrace restaurant has been transformed with a stunning new dining experience beneath towering palm trees.
Read moreRich and delicious flavours earn Flapjackery five gold awards
Devon-based Flapjackery, which is renowned for its mouth-watering gluten free flapjacks, has scooped an incredible five Taste of the West Gold awards, and its not just its flapjacks which are proving so tantalising for the judges.
Read moreBath’s Queensberry Hotel mixes regal cocktail in celebration of Platinum Jubilee
The team at Bath’s beautifully boutique proposition, The Queensberry Hotel is ensuring a right royal good time over the Jubilee weekend and has created a stylish cocktail in honour of her Majesty’s seventy-year long reign.
Read moreRise and Grind – a new Espresso, Brunch, Cocktail bar opens over the Jubilee weekend on the Barbican in Plymouth
Two sisters, Sophie and Molly, who converted a 1960’s caravan into a mobile coffee shop in 2017, have now taken on the challenge of renovating an old boathouse into the espresso, brunch and cocktail bar Rise and Grind.
Read moreWickhams’ English Wine Extravaganza with Oz Clarke OBE
Join Oz Clarke OBE, one of the world’s leading wine experts, and a selection of England’s most outstanding wine producers and industry experts, at Wickhams’ English Wine Extravaganza.
Read moreFlapjackery pledges to help plant trees for The Queen’s Jubilee
Flapjackery are celebrating HRH The Queens’ Platinum Jubilee by donating proceeds from the sale of its flapjacks to the Plant A Tree For the Jubilee appeal.
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