Apprentice star launches Canadian ice wine

Peter Ranscombe tastes Rebel Pi, the dessert wine created by Jackie Fast, star of BBC One television series The Apprentice. ANYONE who’s watched the current series of The Apprentice on the gogglebox will be familiar with Jackie Fast. With her direct business style and oodles of energy, the Canadian entrepreneur has already made her mark…

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Dining pop-up is confirmed for Glasgow’s SWG3

Ox and Finch is to take up residency as Glasgow’s SWG3 for the entire month of December. Created specifically for larger groups and office parties, the festive pop-up will kick off at the venue’s Acid Bar on 1 December and run until Christmas Eve, offering diners an exclusive culinary experience in one of Glasgow’s coolest…

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If you love Italian food, it’s time to go West Room

Italy’s answer to Spanish tapas have finally arrived in the capital city. The West Room, Edinburgh’s first Cicchetti bar, has opened in the heart of the West End. Based on Melville Place, owner Stefano Pieraccini works with the philosophy that drinks should always be served with good, homemade food. Cooking up Italian tapas dishes to…

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New Tomatin 30 Year Old limited to just 900 UK bottles

Highland whisky distillery Tomatin has revealed the release of its new 30 Year Old single malt. Retailing at £300, the golden-amber expression is a premium batch release decanted into individually numbered bottles, with only 900 available in the UK. The whisky, finished in first fill ex-bourbon barrels, is presented in a premium oak box and…

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DoubleWood Aged 25 is a limited edition Balvenie

The Balvenie has announces the release of The Balvenie DoubleWood Aged 25 Years – a limited-edition expression. Specially crafted by malt master David Stewart MBE to mark the 25th anniversary of DoubleWood, the Balvenie DoubleWood Aged 25 Years contains liquid laid down at the distillery in Dufftown, Scotland in 1993, the same year as the…

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GlenDronach Revival will return after three years

A Scotch whisky distillery is celebrating the much anticipated return of its 15 year old expression. The GlenDronach Distillery, hidden in the fertile landscape of the Forgue valley, deep in the east Highland hills, is marking the GlenDronach Revival’s own revival. Revered by single malt connoisseurs around the world, this iconic expression exemplifies The GlenDronach’s…

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Scottish bar staff to swap Edinburgh for Taipei

One of Edinburgh’s top bars will take part in a unique international exchange as part of Naked Grouse’s LiBARating swap next week. For four days, two Edinburgh-based bartenders from Bramble, at 16A Queen St, will embark upon a once in a lifetime opportunity to switch with their peers from Taipei between 4-7 September, where they…

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A chocolate treat to mark this year’s book festival

Visitors to the Edinburgh International Book Festival can treat themselves to a special limited-edition dessert. Throughout August, The Ivy on the Square will be unveiling a brand new limited-edition dessert to celebrate their sponsorship of 2018’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. The Cranachan Chocolate Bombe – a mouthwatering sweet treat with raspberries, toasted oatmeal and vanilla…

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Glen Scotia brings Campbeltown to the Fringe

If visitors won’t come to the distillery then the distillery will come to them, as Peter Ranscombe discovers. IT’S safe to say that only the most hardcore whisky fans will have visited Campbeltown. While many Scotch nuts will make the pilgrimage to Speyside or catch a plane or a ferry to Islay, the three-hour drive…

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Two new Scottish craft beers hit the shelves

Two unique new craft beers are coming to the shelves of Scottish supermarkets. Aldi has partnered with Fallen Brewing, and the Stirling-based brewer have exclusively createdWanganui (4.6% ABV), a fresh and vibrant Kiwi Pale Ale, and Gose Train (4% ABV), a German style Sour Wheat Beer, cost just £1.39 for a 330ml can. Wanganui is…

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