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Festival frolics near Faversham 25 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
It’s a cliché but the showers really did nothing to dampen the spirit of festival-goers to Brogdale’s Cider Festival yesterday. If anything, the event just seemed more colourful, with rain macs and w...
Two brewsters come a' brewing 23 Aug 2013 | 09:06 pm
I may only have been writing about beer seriously for less than five years, but the alchemy involved in transforming such disparate ingredients into a liquid of taste and beauty has got me mesmerised....
Let’s hear it for the honey… 12 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
There’s just one week to go for pub chefs to get their honey-inspired recipes in to Sambrook’s Brewery's cookery competition, launched to herald the return of its seasonal ale, Lavender Hill, earlier ...
DrinkBritain needs YOU! 5 Aug 2013 | 03:38 pm
Do you know of a great British drinks producer you can visit that you’d like to tell the world about? One where you can visit and find out what makes that drink so special? Or is there a pub, restaura...
Hambledon fizzes into action 12 Jul 2013 | 02:17 pm
Bright sunlight and birdsong greeted the official reopening of Hambledon Vineyard in Hampshire, as HRH the Duchess of Cornwall toured what had been England’s first commercial vineyard on Tuesday 9 Jul...
Wine Week review 1 Jul 2013 | 02:10 am
English – and Welsh – Wine Week has been and gone for 2013. Once more there were a plentiful array of wineries holding special events, including the welcome arrival of West Street Vineyard’s English W...
Hat Trick for Chapel Down 24 Jun 2013 | 03:40 am
Kent’s Chapel Down edged out the competition to scoop three trophies in the 2013 English & Welsh Wine Awards, with still wines – Bacchus Reserve 2011, Pinot Noir 2011 and Kits Coty Estate Chardonnay 2...
Hop shoots - they score! 19 May 2013 | 01:40 am
“Go forth and act like locusts.” So said our commander, the bomber-jacketed Peter Haydon, as we began picking hop shoots in delightfully dry conditions on Friday. Thus the first phase of Operation Ho...
A night of surprises 9 May 2013 | 03:01 am
To think I almost passed up Galvin Café a Vin’s beer and cider food matching evening, hosted by head sommelier Andrea Briccarello and Mitch Adams of the Thatcher’s Arms in Colchester, for a humiliatin...
New meets old at Galvin's first Beer Week 4 Apr 2013 | 04:33 pm
For your chance to try some of the most innovative cooking in London alongside superbly crafted beers, head to Galvin Café a Vin from 15 to 20 April. Chef Jack Boast’s characterful cooking has been t...
