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 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 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 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 moreGin fit for a Queen!
The dedicated team of four at the Somerset Distillery have spent the last 8 months perfecting the distillation of their latest 2 gins. The results of this patient work are The Leveller Premium and Platinum Jubilee gins.
Read moreMoons Cider wins unique Breakthrough Cider Maker Awards
The results are in for this year’s Sandford Orchards Breakthrough Cider Maker Awards and the 2022 gold winner is Moons Cider with silvers being awarded to Rawlins Family Cider and Artistraw.
Read moreChristchurch Food Festival is back for an exciting extended Jubilee Weekend full of celebrations!
This year’s festival is jam-packed with chef demos, local food traders, live entertainment and refreshing drinks over the bank holiday weekend.
Read moreThatchers Cider donates apple trees to community orchards
Community organisations across the West Country have been planting young apple trees this spring as part of Thatchers Community Orchard project 2022.
Read moreFood Drink Devon Launches Sustainability Pioneer Award
A major new Devon-based award designed to celebrate and promote sustainability has been launched by Food Drink Devon, the county’s leading food and drink organisation.
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