Allium in Fairford has been awarded the title of Which? Good Food Guide South West Restaurant of the Year. The Cotswold restaurant will now go on to compete for the national award.
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Slow down, de-stress and return to the good life with lashings of crab apple jelly and strawberry jam. Thane Prince’s Jams & Chutneys has all you need to know to make sweet and savoury preserves in one irresistible book. With step-by-step sequences throughout, Jams & Chutneys allows both the experienced and novice cook to pick up key techniques or jam making, from identifying the perfect point of ripeness to maximise flavours to checking setting points and potting safely to avoid mould.
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Saddle up and head out into an ancient land of forest, meadows and valleys, following trails through spectacular countryside during a centre-based holiday in the Dordogne. Alternatively, ride through the vineyards of Bordeaux, sampling the finest regional wines and savouring local gourmet meals en route. Equine Adventures offer two unique French riding holidays combining a love of wine and all things equine in equal measure.
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Bristol is known for its numerous food festivals which fill the summer months. With news that a new Wine and Food Fair will be greeting Bristolians this summer alongside the Bristol Vegan Fayre, Bristol Harbourside Festival and Organic Food Festival, the city’s focus on good food and drink is clear to see.
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The city of Mainz, a renowned German wine centre that borders the great wine river of the Rhine, has been introduced as a new member of the global Great Wine Capitals network. Mainz is the capital of the German state Rheinland-Pfalz, the most famous wine region in Germany. It is home to the German Wine Institute, the German Wine Fund, and the Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter Wine Bourse, which brings together the top winemakers of Germany with the wine merchants of the world.
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The 2008 New Zealand Coffee Festival is again underway June 6-8 at the Viaduct Harbour Marine Village (135 Halsey St, Auckland), drawing thousands of Aucklanders, from coffee professionals to those who just love their daily hit of espresso, to the country’s biggest coffee event.
Festivalgoers get the chance to taste the best espresso, and watch New Zealand’s best baristas compete for the country’s richest barista prize, the New Zealand Latte Art Championships worth NZ$2,000.
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