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. Of course, it’s not all about the Fizz at Fizz Feast – the ‘Feast’ part has to be catered to as well, which is why we are delighted to be welcoming Sardinian Food Specialities into the mix again this year. Headed up by renowned chef Stefano Sanna

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. If you haven’t experienced the joys of Franciacorta – the wonderful Italian sparkling wine made in the same traditional, bottle-fermented method as Champagne – you are in for a treat. Contadi Castaldi produces some of the finest Franciacorta and

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. In our bid to continually bring new and exciting exhibitors to Fizz Feast, we are delighted to welcome Croatian Fine Wines for the first time. Established in 2011, this still-young company started out with the aim of introducing exciting new wine

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. Italian wine has a great reputation both in terms of variety and quality worldwide so we are delighted to be welcoming Bellissimo Vino Edinburgh to this year’s Fizz Feast.  This relatively new kid on the block in Edinburgh sources and imports sup

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. Having built a reputation for excellent-value wines that deliver on taste too, we’re delighted to be welcoming Lidl back to Fizz Feast again this year. With numerous drinks industry accolades it's belt and voted Supermarket Wine Retailer of the Y

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. In our opinion, when it comes to making the most of a foodie moment, you can’t do without a fine condiment, which is why we are delighted to welcome Fife-based business Trotter’s Independent Condiments to Fizz Feast for the first time. Byam Trott

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. The Wine Society has been loved by many for generations, which is only one reason why we are delighted to welcome this membership-based wine company to Fizz Feast and perhaps introduce who they are and what they offer to a new generation of wine

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. What artisan food and drink festival would be complete without a fabulous cheese to sniff, savour and take home for a treat? Which is why we are so delighted to welcome Isle of Mull Cheese to Fizz Feast this year. Made on the only dairy farm on th

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. One of the things we are keen to do at Fizz Feast is to introduce you to new wines and winemakers you may not have come across before, which is why we are delighted to introduce you to Hans Wirsching, a family-run business that has been making awa

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 can’t say we don’t cater to all of the senses at Fizz Feast, particularly when we are welcoming back The Aroma Academy to test your sense of smell!  Having primarily worked with drinks producers, The Aroma Academy now has a ‘scent’-sational s

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