Mineral water flowing up from ancient springs beneath the Yorkshire Wolds is being harnessed to create two distinctive – and very local – new gins. Award-winning Wharram drinks producer Raisthorpe Manor is using the waters of the ‘Gypsey Race’, a chalk stream that runs under the Manor gardens, for the company’s first ever Raisthorpe Distilled […]
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5pm's New Gin Map of Scotland For World Gin Day
A new definitive Gin Map of Scotland has been launched by 5pm.co.uk The map includes nine Scottish gins created in the last year with two, McQueen and Persie, launching just last week. The map is a celebration of Scottish gin which has rocketed in popularity in recent years, threatening to overtake whisky as Scotland’s national […]
5pm's new Ginfographic maps out Gins of Scotland
Is gin overtaking whisky as Scotland’s national drink? Too bold a claim, maybe. But when you consider 70% of all UK gin is now produced north of the border, Scottish gin deserves to be recognised as a serious industry. With this is mind, 5pm.co.uk has created a new ginfographic which you can use as a […]
The Lakes Distillery Cumbria For Easter
The Lake District ’ s picturesque patchwork of lakes, valleys, woodlands and fells make it one of the best places in Britain to get out with the family and experience the great outdoors. Whether exploring The Lakes Distillery, enjoying a leisurely bike ride down country lanes or shopping in beautiful market towns, Cumbria is the […]
The Lakes Distillery's £6m investment opens to the public
The highly anticipated Lakes Distillery will open on its idyllic rural site near Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria, with the unveiling of a pair of bespoke entrance gates designed by internationally renowned Workington-based metal work artist Alan Dawson. The spectacular gates were thrown open on Monday the 15thof December to reveal the fruits of the distillery’s […]
Gin set to flow from new Caithness micro distillery
Work has now finished at the most northerly gin distillery on mainland Britain with the final piece of equipment – a new still called ‘Elizabeth’ – installed in the new custom-built distillery at Dunnet, Caithness. Husband and wife team Martin and Claire Murray, the founders of Dunnet Bay Distillers have distilled and tested the first […]
New award winning whisky launched in the UK
“One of the best wine cask deliveries I have tasted from the southern hemisphere. Absolutely classic. Just get it if you see it – a no-brainer.” Jim Murray Whisky Bible 2013 An Australian award winning whisky can now be found for the first time in the UK. The Overeem whisky is a single malt that […]
English wine wins major award
When an English wine wins an award from true connoisseurs it’s certainly worth a mention, but when a red wine made near Stourbridge in the Midlands wins a Silver Medal in competition with 14,392 other wines from 52 countries, it’s worth a rousing toast. Halfpenny Greens Vineyards is the site of an unexpected achievement, and […]
Kensington Olympia to host international wine fair in 2014
It has been announced that the London International Wine Fair is set to return to Kensington Olympia next year, and will come with cheaper rates in a move the organisers hope will attract back the exhibitors who have turned their backs on the event in recent years. The fair used to be held at Olympia […]
A fine celebration in store for Jura's 50th anniversary
This year is the 50th anniversary of the famous Jura Brewery and they have a packed programme in store this year to celebrate. There will be live music, interactive displays, whisky tasting and even story telling session at the 2013 Jura Whisky Festival, which is a well established part of the Islay Whisky Festival or […]