Yorkshire Dales Distillery, In-Store Tasting

Yorkshire Dales Distillery, In-Store Tasting

On Saturday we welcomed Andy from Yorkshire Dales Distillery who provided some hands-on expertise and free tasting throughout the afternoon.

When we can, we like to invite suppliers in to give our customers something different. It helps to showcase a product (the free tastings help) but also you get to hear directly from the producer – with all their knowledge, experience and passion.

Andy, brought along a great range for us and customers to try – and it resulted in a really successful day for them and for us;

Purple Ram Gin

40% abv, London Dry Gin

Exceptionally smooth, quadruple distilled and 100% vapour infused through select Yorkshire botanicals, including artisan local honey. A sweet nose of spicy orange, a smooth citrus palate and a balanced juniper finish.  Smells fantastic.

Wild Ram Gin

45% abv, London Dry Gin

Smooth, strong and warm.  Quadruple distilled and 100% vapour infused through select Yorkshire berries and heather flowers.  A red fruit and juniper nose, a balanced redcurrant palate with a mellow finish of warming strawberry.

Dessert Ram Gin

50% abv. London Dry Gin – ‘Army Strength’

Strong and smooth, quadruple distilled and 100% vapour infused through North African and Middle Eastern botanicals.  A minty juniper nose, a warm orange palate and a long spicy finish with a touch of strawberry.

Smokey Ram Vodka

40% abv. Golden Yorkshire Rum

Exceptionally smooth, quadruple distilled and 100% vapour infused through Yorkshire hay smoked black peppercorns.  Pure with a light smokey nose, a peppery sweet palate and a dry finish with grain notes.

Intrepid Ram Rum

45% abv. Golden Yorkshire Rum

Smooth Caribbean spirit, quadruple distilled and oak aged at Yorkshire Dales Distillery.  100% vapour infused with Yorkshire honey and heather.  A bold oak and vanilla nose, a demerara and spice palate with a velvet chocolate finish – and completely sold out on the day!!

 

All in all, it was a great day with Andy’s car being a touch lighter on his way home than it was on his way to us. Big thanks to all at Yorkshire Dales Distillery. Why not pop in and see what range we have in stock!

Reynolds Winegrowers, Portugal

The Reynolds family originated from England and have had associations with Portugal since Thomas J. Reynolds arrived in 1820 – attracted by the potential of the wine trade.

Set on the edge of the Parque Natural de Serra de S. Mamede close to the Spanish border – almost parallel with Lisbon – the one-hundred acres of vineyard is surrounded by meadows, oak and cork trees on a soil of mainly shale.

The terrain promotes huge temperate variations from night to date which gives great ripening conditions for the grapes, which are mainly the Alicante Bouschet variation which was introduced to Portugal by the Reynolds family.

Sophie Shepherd paid a visit to this Wright Wine Company favourite in June…

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Julian Drinks… Irish Whiskey

With St. Patrick’s day done and dusted for the year, we pick up some scribbled notes from Julian’s desk to see how he celebrated. Not being a Guinness drinker, we suspected Whiskey, firmly with an ‘e’, had been order of the day…

Although it’s a shame this was’t done before St. Patricks day, he was at least getting into the spirit (ahem) of things.

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