Seven of the UK’s leading winemakers are coming to town to share with consumers their visions in a new series of mid-week tasting dinners. In a UK first, the award-winning Artisan & Vine wine bar is teaming up with DrinkBritain.com to launch a Best of English Meet the Winemaker series of events. Taking over Artisan & Vine’s popular Wednesday evening slot, […]
Cin – a zero-sugar, zero-calorie spiced tonic made in Melbourne with real Ceylon cinnamon, a spice native to the founders home country, Sri Lanka. Unlike the harsher Cassia cinnamon used elsewhere, Ceylon cinnamon has a naturally delicate, layered flavour. Cin is crafted for people who care about what they drink – it’s free from sugar, […]
Simon Woodhead used to work in Formula One racing. Now he’s overseeing his young vineyard as it heads towards full production. Planted in 2007 with a selection weighted towards his favoured region, Alsace, the first full harvest took place in 2010. Even though a youthful venture, with prior notice, Simon is keen to welcome visitors. […]
Marston’s has been at the heart of Britain’s brewing mecca, Burton, for nearly 170 years. It sustains its reputation as an upholder of tradition with energy, being the only brewer still to employ coopers and to use Burton Union sets to ferment its beers – opposing regiments of casks connected with shiny pipes to a […]
Sustainability has always been important to the McCaigs, and their new Eco-cellar illustrates their ability to back up conviction with action. Burying half of it in the ground, using clever construction methods and installing both solar panels and a sedum roof means the brewery saves the equivalent of 6.5 tonnes of CO2 per year. Mary […]
Welbeck Abbey is a majestic estate in Nottinghamshire – think Robin Hood country – with historic roots stretching back to the Domesday Book. Following several hundred years as a monastery, the grand house became home to a succession of earls and lords, until it was leased to the MoD as an army training college after […]
Sixteen acres of orchards with 3000 trees and 10 varieties of apples provide Robert and Val Fitchett with their ingredients for their artisanal products. Originally the orchard provided fruit to the Taunton Cider company. In 1983 the founder, the late Stan Lynch, decided to make his own cider, and Upton was born. Val worked with […]
Rough Old Wife is a family-friendly cidery and they welcome anyone who would like to join in the fun of apple picking, loading, barrelling or pressing. They have an on-site B&B and their very own farm cottage to let for people who are interested in making a holiday of helping out at the cidery. Tours […]
Set in a beautiful location with striking views of the South Downs, Plumpton College is technically part of the University of Brighton. The Wine Studies Centre produces and sells award-winning wine in its own right and, with its highly knowledgeable, friendly staff, it is worth paying a visit on one of its open days. Or […]
Two decades on, Meopham Valley Vineyard – set up by David and Pauline Grey with the help of English wine authority Gillian Pearkes – continues to do well, particularly with its sparkling wines. This two-hectare vineyard produces both still and sparkling of all hues. Although there is no winery on site, hundreds of visitors are […]
