3 results for month: 05/2014

Haggis – Is this how you know it?

We're delighted to announce that some of our producer favourites scooped up a highly coveted 2014 Excellence Award at this year's Scotland Food & Drink Awards. But who won Scottish Product of the Year?Well, for those of you who have already joined us you'll know that our food and drink tours and tasting events offer the chance for you to enjoy a complete multi-sensory experience like no other. And there is no doubt the same can be said for this year’s double prize winners Macsweens.This Edinburgh based producer has been making handcrafted haggis and black puddings to traditional family recipes for the last 60 years and was the first to bring a ...

World Whisky Day

At the time of writing there is exactly 12 hours and 8 minutes until World Whisky Day....not that we are counting of course.Now in it's third year this annual celebration of all things Uisque Beatha; that's to say 'Water of Life' or 'Lively Water' based; if you want the translation from Gaelic, are quite literally toasted.Of course us Scots are known for being leaders in invention so it is no surprise that the idea for a World Whisky Day came from Aberdeen University Graduate, Blair Bowman, a Scot from Edinburgh.Tomorrow the day will be celebrated in no less than 176 cities across a staggering 37 countries as 228 events (give or take the one's ...

Father’s Day – the ‘Gift of Experience’

Happy May Day! Next month it's Father's Day (Sun 15 June) and over the next few weeks the same question will pop up. What do you give the man who has everything? We thought it was time we told you about our Father's Day secret. Is your dad is a Steak and Ale man, who is partial to some speciality cheese? If the answer is yes, then he’ll love our first ever Self-Drive Tasting Lunch at the Hugh Grierson Organic Farm in relaxing, rural Perthshire. It sure beats a pair of socks, a bottle of Scotch and a box of wine gums, does it not? This 'Experience Gift' is the one he will remember long after the whisky and wine gums are finished and the ...