Scotland
A blind wine tasting event is coming to Glasgow
Lidl is announcing the first ever ‘Wine Tasting in the Dark’ pop-up from a UK retailer – and it’s coming to Glasgow! Named Lidl Chateaux Noir, the event will help guests to identify top quality wine in the run up to Christmas – even when immersed in total darkness. It comes as new research by…
Read MoreThe Balvenie releases Batch 6 of its collectable series
The Balvenie single malt Scotch whisky has released the sixth bottling of the coveted and highly collectable Tun 1509 series. The latest addition to The Balvenie Tun 1509 series brings to life David Stewart MBE’s art of whisky stock management with an expression of exemplary quality and character. David, The Balvenie malt master, continued his…
Read MoreGoing on a Witch Hunt with new BBC radio podcast
BBC Radio Scotland has launched Witch Hunt – a podcast on Halloween. Witch Hunt is from the team that produces Time Travels, BBC Radio Scotland’s history magazine programme. Over six episodes, Susan Morrison and Dr Louise Yeoman take an in-depth look at one of Scotland’s biggest historical miscarriages of justice. About 450 years ago, the…
Read MoreThere’s a soup-er new range on the way this autumn
Scottish food favourites Baxters has launched a brand-new range of Super-licious Soup Pots for those looking for a fulfilling and nourishing lunch to brighten up the working week this autumn. Stepping into new territory for the brand, Baxters Soup Pots will be available in four delicious variants and will launch exclusively into Waitrose stores across…
Read MoreExclusive Aberfeldy set to be released
Bacardi Global Travel Retail and Gebr Heinemann are partnering for the release of Aberfeldy Exceptional Cask 15 YO Sherry Finish. This is the latest launch from the Exceptional Cask series of rare, limited edition special finish aged single malts – a range that is disrupting the category with its innovation, excitement and exclusivity. Available from…
Read MoreTry a delicious pumpkin spice swirl brownie
The arrival of autumn means our thoughts are turning towards comforting, warming baking recipes as the nights draw in. Three Sisters Bake established their first café in Quarriers Village in 2011. The sisters recently opened Cake Bar on Great Western Road in Glasgow. The new take-away and sweet treat destination is already known as the…
Read MoreScotland has so much to offer vegan community
It is estimated that a quarter of the British population will be vegan or vegetarian by 2025. And it is thought flexitarians – people who primarily have a vegetarian diet but occasionally eats meat or fish- will make up almost half of all UK consumers. And Scotland has lots to offer those that want to…
Read MoreIntense decisions to be made on a Scots isle
This diary-style account follows a recently widowed artist, Lenka Majewska, and a historian, Ella Collingwood, who have just arrived in the village of Balvaig, on the Scottish Isle of Soma. In what first seemed a haven of tranquillity the characters soon have intense decisions to make for their future. The second volume of the Balvaig…
Read MoreWhen a couple’s lives go their Separate Ways
Inverness-shire-based author Ryan Coull takes us on a long, emotional journey along with Dottie Hawthorn, a popular schoolteacher whose marriage is on the brink of collapse. With her irresponsible husband Billy intimidating her and causing her pain, she only has one option – leave him and move on. However, Billy is determined to make her…
Read MoreDecadent new pairing with honey and bramble gin
Edinburgh Gin has unveiled its most decadent flavour combination yet – Bramble & Honey Gin. The new spirit showcases a natural partnership of dark fruit and silky honey creating an opulent full strength flavoured gin. Bramble & Honey joins Edinburgh Gin’s contemporary full strength flavour gin portfolio which includes the category leading flavour profile Rhubarb…
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