Posts Tagged ‘drink’
‘Monster meets mountain’ as Cobbs runs Nevis Range cafés
LOCH NESS-BASED hospitality group Cobbs is taking over the eateries at Nevis Range. Cobbs will run the Snowgoose and Pinemarten cafés, a gift shop, and the hotel being built at the moutain’s base station. The 26-bedroom hotel – along with a bar and restaurant, bike shop, gift shop, and a covered courtyard with events space…
Read MoreVegware appoints new boss as founder steps down
PLANT-BASED packaging maker Vegware has unveiled its new top team as the Edinburgh-based company’s founder stands down. Joe Frankel launched his business in 2006 and was joined by his sister, Lucy, in 2011. The company was bought last year by American packaging giant Novolex. Now, Joe is stepping back from the firm to make way…
Read MoreBon Accord soft drinks
SINCE 1903, families across Scotland have eagerly anticipated the sight of the iconic Bon Accord bottles on their doorsteps. The Scottish, family-owned business created soft drinks that found a place in the hearts of the nation for over 90 years. Production paused in 2000, but 16 years later the business was successfully reignited by the…
Read MoreBraw Liquor Club
CALLING all cocktail connoisseurs! Looking for something a bit different this festive season? Introducing Braw Liquor Club, locally sourced small batch bottled cocktails from the Isle of Bute, expertly crafted with premium Scottish ingredients. Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Mackirdy founded the company less than a year ago, and already her tasty concoctions are making a splash, having…
Read MoreTayport Distillery
TAYPORT Distillery is a family business, born out of love for fine food and drink and a mission to use the best locally sourced ingredients for great tasting spirits. Kecia McDougall was inspired on a holiday to France, where she watched farmers use fruit at the end of growing season to produce eau de vie.…
Read MoreThe Wee Tea Company
’TIS the season for tea, and for the true connoisseur, it has to be The Wee Tea Company. The Wee Tea Company was founded in 2012, and began primarily as a wholesaler, blending fine tea and other ingredients for exclusive clients, including the V&A Dundee, Caledonian Sleeper, Crear Hotels, Gleneagles Hotel, the Signet Library and…
Read MoreRosie’s Top Ten Christmas Stocking Fillers
Short on ideas for this year’s stocking fillers? You’re in the right place! Chief Sub-Editor Rosie Morton knows exactly what’s on her Christmas wish-list… With less than a month to go until the Jolly Old Man In Red makes his appearance, she has compiled her top ten must-haves for 2022: 1: Johnstons of Elgin What is…
Read MoreSix Scottish restaurants in world’s top 1,000 by La Liste
HALF a dozen Scottish restaurants have been ranked among the 1,000 best in the world by French food app La Liste. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire scored 91 points from 100. Number One at The Balmoral in Edinburgh received 89.5, followed by 85 for The Glenturret distillery’s Lalique restaurant, and 84.5…
Read MoreShop till you drop at Bicester Village in Oxfordshire
Morag Bootland enjoys some retail therapy on a trip to Oxfordshire. HAS the panic set in yet, or are you holding off for the start of December? Shopping. Love it or loathe it, the run up to Christmas means that you have little chance of avoiding it. This year I decided that if you can’t…
Read MoreDuck & Waffle hatches Edinburgh expansion
LONDON’S Duck & Waffle restaurant is spreading its wings by opening a branch in Edinburgh. The eatery – which is located on the 40th floor of London’s 110 Bishopsgate skyscraper – is adding Scottish twists to its menu, including a deep-fried haggis bar. The restaurant is making its nest at the St James Crescent entrance…
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