As part of the run-up to our fourth annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. Returning to Fizz Feast for the second year, Hoods Honey epitomises a family-run business that has brought craft and tradition into the 21st century. Makers of fine honey – which has been used in a number of recipes created by TV’s master baker P

As part of the run-up to our fourth annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. Prosecco is a hugely popular drink in the UK, with the nation annually consuming around a third of all Prosecco produced. So, the fact that we are welcoming back family firm Zonin for the fourth year running is bound to be a crowd-pleaser. Establi

As part of the run-up to our fourth annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. Scotland is – and has been for some time now – experiencing a huge renaissance in the popularity of gin, which is why we are delighted to welcome back a home-produced favourite Caorunn Gin. So, in a sea of pretty bottles and bold botanicals, what

As part of the run-up to our fourth annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. You don’t get much more artisan or family-focussed than The Tobermory Fish Company, which happily returns to Fizz Feast for a third year. Founded in 1971 by Hugh and Marjorie Goldie, today the award-winning company is run by daughter Rosie and gr

As part of the run-up to our fourth annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. Its distinctive dark packaging means today’s Fizz Feast Taster, Champagne Lanson, is instantly recognisable. The colour black, being the symbol of elegance, was a natural choice for this Champagne dominated by the Pinot Noir grape. One of the old

As part of the run-up to our fourth annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. When it comes to selecting, recommending, advising on and supplying wine for any occasion, there are few as experienced and as passionate as wine merchant Jonathan Simpkin, who heads up Woodhouse Wines. Originally started in Woodhouse Eaves, a vil

As part of the run-up to our fourth annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. So, Broccoli Crisps. From actual, real, fresh broccoli. That can’t be right, we hear you say. But it is. And they are. They are also healthy – vegan-friendly, gluten-free, and made with farm-fresh veg and 100% natural ingredients - delicious snac

As part of the run-up to our fourth annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. We're delighted to be welcoming back for the fourth year running Champagne Taittinger, which is one of the few Champagne Houses still owned and actively managed by the family named on the label. Taittinger’s origins date back to 1734 when the orig

As part of the run-up to our 4th annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. Today we're giving you a taster for Greyfriars Vineyard which is fast becoming one of the most well respected producers of exquisite English Sparkling Wine. Nothing to do with Edinburgh folklore or shaggy dog tales, Greyfriars Vineyard is a small, f

As part of the run-up to our fourth annual Fizz Feast on Saturday 16 November at Edinburgh Academy, we’re giving you a brief introduction to the fabulous food and fizz exhibitors lined up to tantalise taste buds and please palates. Celebrating International Chocolate Week this week we are of course giving you a taster for our fabulous chocolate exhibitor in the Feast Hall - Pacari Chocolate from Ecuador. Returning to Fizz Feast for a second year, we guarantee Pacari Cho

We're all getting very excited about Fizz Feast which is promised to be the most sparkling event yet. Join us on Saturday 16 November and not only will you have a truely sparkling day out but upon arrival you'll be given your own Riedel Crystal Champagne flute worth £15. In addition those attending a Fizz Masterclass will receive a second. The glittering Fizz Hall will be full of fizz from Taittinger and Lanson Champagne to other areas of France, Franciacorta from Italy an

Don't miss Scotland's Sparkling Event of the Year - Fizz Feast on Saturday 17 November 2019. Click "Continue Reading" to see the video highlights from last year;

On Tuesday 18 June we believe there will be more Franciacorta producers in Scotland than ever before. If you need any further tempting to join us at this sparkling event where you'll have the opportunity to taste, contrast and compare dozens of this very special sparkling wine then read on to find out who's coming. You can also click on the producer's name to visit their website. There are a few places remaining for the masterclass if you're quick. Alternatively, please cl

Whilst this tasting is purely for the trade, fear not wine lovers; we're confident that following The Outsiders' foray into Edinburgh later this month we'll be seeing a great deal more of these wines and characters in Scotland. The Outsiders is a group of creative, forward-thinking wine growers in Languedoc-Roussillon. Creating exciting wines here in the south of France, these exciting characters come from the UK, Jersey, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Austral

It was tough work tasting 10 wines at our Cracking Christmas Wines Workshop earlier this week but we made it! Whilst selecting this shortlist I'd tasted and seen many more - originally planning to present just 7 wines but the temptation to include others was just too great. Everyone was asked to score the wines out of 10 and whether they would purchase the wines over the festive season. The wines were well received and here are the results in order of how they scored. It

We had a great evening for our Napa in November Dinner on Thursday 29 November when Head Sommelier Sandor Molnar and I had the honour of choosing and presenting some superb Napa Valley wines. Hotel du Vin's Burke & Hare dining room provided an ideal venue. We kicked off with some Champagne and canapés in the Whisky Snug then went through to dinner where we started with some arancini balls and porcini mushrooms which was perfectly accompanied by Stone Street Sauvignon Blanc

Edinburgh was certainly sparkling on Saturday 17 November when well over 250 corks were popped and 300 people came to taste fizz from all over the world and some fabulous from all over Scotland. Trevor Clough, chief blender at Digby's Fine English gallantly opened the festival with the help of a First World War sword. Have a look at it here . For an independent view please see Peter Ranscombe's feature in Scottish Field here . Sparkling wines came from all over the world

In the run up to Fizz Feast we have a series of Fizz Feast Taster blogs, each focusing on one of our fabulous exhibitors, to give you a flavour of the treats in store on Saturday 17 November. The latest Fizz Feast Taster Blog is all about a new exhibitor we're looking forward to welcoming to Fizz Feast this year - Vegan Tipples. Veganism is a subject many people feel very passionate about but one which many others don't necessarily consider as a priority market. However,

In the run up to Fizz Feast we have a series of Fizz Feast Taster blogs each focusing on one of our fabulous exhibitors, to give you a flavour of the treats in store on Saturday 17 November. For this Fizz Feast Taster Blog we’re heading over to Germany to tell the story of Motzenbäcker. This fabulous German sparkling wine is imported by The Original Bier Company which is an exciting new company in Edinburgh. Colin Makin is the ever enthusiastic gentleman behind this company.

In the run up to Fizz Feast we have a series of Fizz Feast Taster blogs each focusing on one of our fabulous exhibitors, to give you a flavour of the treats in store on Saturday 17 November. I’m very excited to be introducing one of our new exhibitors this year – Hoods Honey. Beekeeper George Hood was the founder of the company which is based in East Lothian and has been producing honey since 1950. Remarkably, almost 70 years later they still have the same strain of bees am