Scottish excellence in bottle sealing wax

In this issue of Community Update, we are honoured to select Oakbank Products Ltd with our Commitment to Excellence Award. Oakbank Products Ltd is a Scottish-based supplier of premier bottle sealing wax, used to dip prestigious Scottish whisky bottles as well as seals and cartouches. The high-profile range of whisky brands include master single-malt rarities […]

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Award-winning village pub with big heart

The Ship Inn in village Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset has won an astonishing three awards recently, including Weston Mercury’s Pub of the Year 2023. The award-winning grade-I listed pub is the oldest pub in Weston-Super-Ware and is a firm favourite amongst locals for its large screen TVs for sporting fixtures, skittle alley, pool table, dart […]

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Award-winning West Country Cider

In this issue of Community Update, we are delighted to announce Honey’s Cider as the recipient of our Commitment to Excellence Award. Honey’s Cider is an award-winning family-run company at Upper Midford Farm, near Bath in Somerset; producing mainly blended medium, dry, bright and sparkling cider on site. The farm was initially bought by the […]

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Rewilding orchard produces award-winning Somerset craft ciders

The UK has a strong palate for cider: we drink more of the stuff than anyone else in the world, in fact we drink it more than other countries combined. Full-bodied craft cider is popular across all age demographics, many pairing its high acidic taste with cheeses, whereas others enjoy the low, healthy ABV compared […]

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Small start-up gin company wins prestigious awards

Melton Mowbray is widely known as the ‘rural capital of food,’ with its infamous pork pies and stilton cheese and now with award-winning Meadowcourt gin it is fast becoming the ‘rural capital of gin.’  Owner Lisa Leonard was inspired after visiting a gin distillery on the remote, rugged Isle of Skye in Scotland. After researching […]

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English sparkling wines lovingly crafted on East Sussex Vineyards

In this issue of Community Update we are proud to bestow Fox & Fox Mayfield with the coveted Commitment To Excellence Award, for outstanding service in the wine industry. Fox & Fox Mayfield is an established UK boutique grower producer of gold and platinum award-winning English sparkling wines, exporting to wine merchants across Europe, Scandinavia […]

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