Protecting our Scottish food and drink brands

Scotland’s food and drink industry is a multi-million pound industry, with a huge worth to the country’s economy in terms of finance and jobs. So many Scottish brands are known throughout the world – our various whiskies, Irn-Bru and Tunnock’s, to name but a few. And with a growing number of producers in the country,…

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Quinta do Noval: Blending tradition with technology

Peter Ranscombe dons his saltire boxer shorts to join in the crushing of the grapes in the Douro valley and along the way discovers how classic ports also need a modern edge. AS THE sun began to set across the Douro river valley, the sound of an accordion started to waft through the evening air.…

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Making the great outdoors more accessible

Many outdoor adventure enthusiasts enjoy heading to Aviemore to challenge themselves on Scottish hills. Those who’ve forgotten those last-minute essentials, or are keen to take up exploring, will find it much easier after the Tiso Group  officially opened its outdoor experience store in the highland town, within the Cairngorms National Park. Located within the new…

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Harvey Nichols goes the whole hog with gin pigs

A Scottish company’s gin-filled pigs have been snapped up by a major London luxury retailer for its flagship store. Angels’ Share Glass‘s popular Gin Pigs have caught the eye of the department store Harvey Nichols, and are now on the shelves of the Knightsbridge store – just in time for Christmas. Karen Somerville, managing director…

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Scots chef takes top prize at Young British Foodies

A Scot has won the coveted Young British Foodies Chef of 2018. The honour was bestowed upon Roberta Hall-McCarron, head chef at The Little Chartroom in Edinburgh, at an awards ceremony last night. The restaurant is a neighbourhood-style bistro which opened its doors earlier this summer with Roberta in the kitchen and Shaun, her husband,…

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Boutique cinema to open its first screens in Scotland

A fast-growing independent boutique cinema operator is to open the doors of its first Scottish cinema next month. Everyman Cinemas has announced it will welcome guests to its cinema located in Glasgow’s award-winning shopping and leisure destination, Princes Square, on Friday 26 October. The high-quality cinema will be made up of three intimate auditoriums, seating…

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Debut Doric festival highlights mountain to sea

A festival to celebrate Doric culture, music, language, storytelling, and food and drink is to take place across Aberdeenshire throughout October. Led by Aberdeenshire Council’s Cultural Services team in partnership with community groups, creatives, key partners and individuals, Across the Grain is an ambitious events programme including everything from film-makers in fish markets to musicians…

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The appliance of science to help Scottish gin

A new resource is now at hand to help Scotland’s gin producers create new products and increase their exports. Distillation experts from Heriot-Watt University have created a botanical library. Scientists have spent three years distilling and cataloguing 72 botanicals that can be grown in Scotland, are commercially available and from a sustainable source. The library…

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New art exhibition will highlight the River Tay

Scotland’s longest river is to become the focus of a new art exhibition. A tourism initiative bringing the areas of Dundee, Perthshire, Angus and Fife together as ‘Scotland’s Tay Country’ has inspired its creation. The Tay Projects exhibition at Tatha Gallery in Newport on Tay opening this Saturday (29 September until 3 November) and curated…

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Businesses advised on how to bring in more tourists

Highlighting the importance of the rural tourism economy was the focus of a recent seminar. Organised by VisitScotland, it was attended by around 70 representatives from businesses in the east of Aberdeenshire. The imposing 800-year-old fortress of Fyvie Castle was the backdrop to the agri-tourism event, at which delegates had the opportunity to hear from…

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