Posts Tagged ‘wine’
One of 1500 bottles of £5000 whisky must be won
Whyte & Mackay have launched a campaign that will give consumers the opportunity to win a rare bottle of 50-year-old blended Scotch whisky estimated to be worth £5,000. Consumers will have the chance to win one of 1500 50cl bottles exclusively through a nationwide promotion advertised on 70cl and 1ltr bottles of Whyte and Mackay…
Read MoreWhisky made in Cumbria has a Scottish heart
Scotch whiskies are playing their part in a new whisky being made in Cumbria. The One Signature Blend is a new blended whisky from The Lakes Distillery which showcases their whiskymaker’s maturation expertise and the role of casks in flavour creation. The signature expression in The One collection has The Lakes Single Malt at its…
Read MoreWhy not all albarinos are born equal
There’s more to Spain’s flagship white wine than young and racy seafood-friendly bottles, as Peter Ranscombe discovers. IN MY head, I always picture the Rias Baixas region in Galicia like Scotland’s Spanish twin – a west coast formed from fjords or sea lochs and pelted by the Atlantic rain. Spain’s north-west frontier, poking out above…
Read MoreThe Hebridean is a first-class gastropub
You can’t accuse Nico Simeone of inactivity – his Six By Nico concept is ever-expanding with restaurants in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester and Belfast and his original 111 eatery is constantly evolving its menu. The one slight blip in the success story was the short-lived Public House by Nico at the lower end of Great Western…
Read MoreWatch dolphins go by at Catchpenny Safari Lodges
Few places can genuinely claim that you can sit on your front deck while enjoying a glass of wine and watching a pod of dolphins go by. Well, this is part of the magic that awaits guests at Catchpenny Safari Lodges. Having only opened last year, the family-run Catchpenny is a collection of eight luxury…
Read MoreIf oysters be the food of love…
Could the return of oysters to the Forth not only prove to be a boost for the environment but the nation’s sex life? I have always adored oysters. My ex-husband and I had an agreement. If we were out for dinner and were given either plum pudding or oysters then for the sake of good…
Read MoreOffers over £1.55 million for Scots Baronial mansion
Ormiston House is an exceptional Scots Baronial ‘B Listed’ house set in spectacular secluded grounds. Dating from 1851 and presented by Strutt & Parker, it was built for Archibald Wilkie, to a design by David Bryce, the well-known Scottish architect, whose works include a number of other large country houses, as well as the former…
Read MoreGothic castle could be yours for around £675,000
An beautifully presented Category A Listed Victorian Gothic mansion with outstanding original features is now on the market. Presented for sale by Savills , Dalmoak Castle, near Dumbarton, is a Category A Listed castellated Tudor style Gothic mansion built circa 1866 1869 by the architect Alexander Watt (1827-1890) for John Aiken (1801-1875). The house…
Read MoreExclusive whisky to mark pub’s first birthday
An award-winning pub has released a specially selected and limited edition single cask malt in partnership with elemental coastal distillery Glenglassaugh to mark its first anniversary. Nauticus in Leith has enterted into the partnership, with just 275 bottles available. The renowned and industry-established duo behind the bar’s creation, Kyle Jamieson and Iain McPherson, opened Nauticus…
Read MoreSwiss home design with wine cellar and garage for 12 cars
A truly stunning example of Swiss design and ingenuity, with a wine cellar and garage for 12 cars, is now for sale. Savills is marketing Boulder House, an exceptional modern house set in rural Aberdeenshire around 45 miles from Aberdeen. Privately commissioned by the sellers, the property was created by Swiss architect Martin Stohr in…
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