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Mint Tea Recipe

Rating: 2

Web Exclusive

January 25th 2012

This is one of the best reasons to keep a pot of mint on your window sill! Whether you make a whole teapot or just a cupful the recipe works the same. Mint tea is a great post meal digestive...

CAMRA: ‘Community life in Britain’s suburbs under threat’

Rating: 3

January 24th 2012

New pub closure figures out today show 16 pubs close across Britain every week.

Teasy does it - the business brewing nicely for two Newcastle graduates

Rating: 3

January 17th 2012

A pair of young entrepreneurs are brewing very nicely – and proving there is hope for the so-called ‘lost generation’

Cheshire Life and Alderley Edge Hotel Champagne Oscars 2011

Rating: 2

January 10th 2012

Veuve Clicquot was the toast at this year’s Cheshire Life/Alderley Edge Hotel Champagne Oscars dinner WORDS BY RAY KING PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN COCKS

Meet the... Cider Maker

Rating: 3

January 3rd 2012

Fourth generation cider maker Martin Thatcher planted his first apple tree at the age of five. Today he is Managing Director of Thatchers Cider in Sandford and busy with plans to continue a programme of planting new orchards in Somerset

The origins of Cheshire Pub names

Rating: 2

December 30th 2011

n the first of a new series, we investigate the meaning of some of Cheshire’s more unusual pub names WORDS BY IAN RODGERS MAIN PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN COCKS

Campari and Amarula cocktails

Rating: 2

December 18th 2011

Bored of the usual cocktails and looking for something a little bit different this Christmas? How about using two old favourites and giving them a modern twist?

Quantum Hotel Group joins Dorset Food & Drink Awards 2011

Rating: 2

December 16th 2011

Everyone loves a bit of tender loving care and a chance to unwind from the pressures of everyday life. And what better way to escape reality than to let the Quantum Hotel Group take away your worries.

Greenalls - more than two centuries of gin making in Lancashire

Rating: 3

December 12th 2011

Joanne Moore is the world’s only female master gin distiller and she’s based in Lancashire, giving a modern twist to a 250 year old spirit. Martin Pilkington reports

Surrey breweries: the best of Surrey beer

December 6th 2011

Whether you fancy a firkin of Shere Drop, a polypin of Posh Pooch or just a bottle of TEA, there's an excellent choice of original beers to be had in Surrey. JANET DONIN visited a few of the independent breweries to discover the best pints

Surrey vineyards ~ the best of Surrey wine ~ Albury, Denbies, Godstone, Greyfriars and Painshill

December 5th 2011

Surprising though it may sound, our vineyards here in Surrey enjoy near perfect conditions, and in recent years their wines have been taking the world by storm. Matthew Williams takes us on a tour through the vines

Drinks Feature: Whisky Galore

December 1st 2011

Anita Mannion of the Leamington Wine Company, drinks with Jean-Luc Thiebaut, co-founder of Connosr.com, the Social Network for Whisky.

Wine Feature: Christmas treats

November 30th 2011

This month Anita Mannion of the Leamington Wine Company, drinks with Jonathan Smailes of Pol Roger UK, tasting wines for Christmas Day.

Honour for The Thatched Tavern, Ascot

Rating: 2

November 29th 2011

Famous Grouse group includes Tavern in its 2011 Famous Pubs

Bernadine Tay is brewing up success with her own tea blends in Cheshire

Rating: 2

November 21st 2011

Bernadine Tay is brewing up success with her own tea blends in Cheshire WORDS BY EMMA MAYOH PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIRSTY THOMPSON

Vineyard owners in Yorkshire are turning the notion of wine making on its head

Rating: 2

November 9th 2011

Vineyard owners in Yorkshire are turning the notion of wine making on its head as Annie Stirk, our food and drink consultant discovers Photographs by Joan Russell

A Grr-eat Night Wine Tasting with The Blue Tiger

Rating: 2

November 7th 2011

The Blue Tiger Inn, Ilsington, is holding a wine-tasting evening on 1st December. The night will include a guided wine tasting, a quiz and games followed by a sumptuous main course at the Inn, all for £15, which includes all the wine tasted!

Ilkley brewery celebrates it's fifth SIBA award win with Stout Mary

Rating: 3

November 1st 2011

Ilkley Brewery is celebrating its fifth SIBA award win after its full bodied oatmeal Stout Mary won at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Northern Region Beer Competition which took place at the Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester

Halloween science night at Centre for Life, Newcastle

Rating: 2

October 20th 2011

An unusual ‘science through the medium of alcohol’ event at the Centre for Life Newcastle takes place on the spookiest night of the year - Halloween

Pangaea TV are filming our Somerset Life Food & Drink Awards 2011

Rating: 3

October 13th 2011

Pangaea TV is an award winning TV Production Company with an impressive portfolio of clients across the South West.