Ardnahoe Whisky Distillery
With all the clamour about gin over the last many years many people’s focus has been juniper-led, however the whisky [...]
Wright Wine Co donates over £450 to Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Skipton-based wine and spirits merchant, the Wright Wine Company, have donated over £450 to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, [...]
If you love…Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc is a consumer favourite and one of the most fashionable white varieties in the world today. Not [...]
Forget Dry-January. Celebrate Pie-anuary.
There was no room for ‘Dry January’ or ‘Veganuary’ in this corner of Skipton over the weekend. [...]
The Christmas Table: Wine Recommendations
(we originally posted this in Wines and Champagne in December, 2019) Introduction Christmas is not only the time to [...]
Rioja Rocks!
We’ve all heard of Rioja, it is Spain’s most famous wine region, the Spanish fine wine capital, a region characterised by [...]
Les and Stella – distinctions all round.
Congratulations are in order for Les Hall and Stella Mallinson as they both achieve distinctions in their recent WSET exams. [...]
What? Aren’t All Wines Vegan?
They’re made from fermented grape juice after all. Unfortunately, it’s not quite so simple. Many winemakers use animal [...]
Grower Profile; Ridge Vineyards
“Pre-Industrial Winemaking” this is how Ridge Vineyards choose to refer to their winemaking ethos, in contrast to what [...]
Summer reds for chilling
In part four of The UnUsual Suspects, Gemma Crangle delves into red wines which are great for chilling! [...]
Did You Know…? Georgian wine.
Georgia, the country at the intersection of Europe and Asia, is the “cradle” of winemaking – wine was first produced in [...]
Grower Profile; Chateau Musar
When you think of the turmoil Lebanon must have gone through during the civil war (1975-1990), to have continued producing [...]
It’s not all red and white…
In part three of The UnUsual Suspects, Gemma Crangle delves into wines that are neither red or white.. [...]
Summer Wine – alternatives to White Wine
In part two of The UnUsual Suspects, Gemma Crangle delves into white wines for your summer tipple recommendation. [...]
Excellent!!!
So pleased to receive this in today’s post. We must be doing something right. A big thanks to all our customers who [...]
Summer Wine – alternatives to Prosecco
Languedoc-Roussillon wine expert, Decanter World Wine Awards judge and Wright Wine Company wine geek, Gemma Crangle, uses [...]
Which drinks matches with chocolate brownies..?
Gemma Crangle has been giving her advise to food blog, ‘Love Brownies’ in a Father’s Day themed post. [...]
Did You Know…? English wine.
In the Cotswold town of Winchcombe there is a plaque which marks the occasion when an Englishman probably became the first [...]
Tullibardine Highland Whisky
Another Thursday night in Skipton, and another Whisky Tasting. (As much as we’d like to, we don’t do them EVERY [...]
Glencadam Highland Whisky
Our latest whisky tasting took place on Thursday 21st Feb, where Global Brand Ambassador (!) for Angus Dundee Distillers, [...]
Did You Know… Sauvignon Blanc is the “Mother” of Cabernet Sauvignon?
It may come as a surprise that one of the world’s most revered black grapes originated via a chance crossing of another [...]
What links Bourbon, Sherry and Scotch Whisky?
Did You Know? #1 The American whiskey Bourbon is required by law to be aged for at least two years in brand new, heavily [...]
Mackmyra Swedish Whisky
On Saturday 15th December, we welcomed good friend Alex from Mackmyra whisky. Alex was with us most of the day telling [...]
Mason’s Gin, North Yorkshire
Resident Marketing Consultant and ‘old’ friend of the shop, also known as ‘Starky’ takes a trip [...]
Yorkshire Dales Distillery, In-Store Tasting
On Saturday we welcomed Andy from Yorkshire Dales Distillery who provided some hands-on expertise and free tasting [...]
Reynolds Winegrowers, Portugal
The Reynolds family originated from England and have had associations with Portugal since Thomas J. Reynolds arrived in [...]
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 [...]
Sheep Town – Batch 2 now in stock
Such is the popularity of our Sheep Town Gin, that we had to ask the nice people at Whittaker’s to distill some more! [...]