Baking queen Mary Berry visits Scone Palace for new TV show

By Reporter | November 6, 2017

Britain’s queen of baking is to feature a historic Scots building in her new TV show. Scone Palace will offer the public a behind-the-scenes peek at stately home life when it features in a new four-part cooking series, Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets. The historic Perthshire visitor attraction is known worldwide for being the crowning…

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Prolific partnership for honey and grouse is reaping dividends

By Reporter | November 6, 2017

Scottish honey producers are working in partnership with grouse estates to enable bees to feed on the prolific flowering plants on moorland in several parts of the country. Estates in Tayside, the Angus Glens and the Lammermuirs work with beekeepers who position their hives on the moors every August and September. Now Tomatin Moorland Group…

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New campaign will give Scotland a push to boost £295m events business

By Reporter | November 6, 2017

An ambitious plan to promote Scotland as place for ‘eureka moments’ is at the core of an innovative new campaign. VisitScotland is encouraging global brands, charities and organisations from Life Sciences to Robotics to use Scotland as a place to make dynamic new discoveries and inventions in an ambitious digital campaign. The national tourism organisation…

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Edinburgh gets set for a sparkling event

By Reporter | November 2, 2017

Edinburgh is getting set to welcome its most sparkling event of the year. Following last year’s sell out success, Fizz Feast – A Celebration of Sparkling Wine & Scottish Artisan Food – is taking place on Saturday, November 18, at the Edinburgh Academy on Henderson Row.  Fizz Feast is the only consumer wine fair in…

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Scotland’s next generation of design and fashion talent set to be showcased

By Reporter | November 1, 2017

Creativity and luxury will be celebrated at Scotland Re:Designed. The event, supporting design, commercialising creativity and selling Scotland, is an annual showcase of fashion, accessories and interiors at multicultural arts venue SWG3 in Glasgow, from next Wednesday, November 8, until Sunday, November 12. SR:D will see the venue’s newly built Galvanizers host its first ever…

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Honours for Scotland’s top outdoor and leisure businesses

By Reporter | October 31, 2017

The great and the good of the Scottish outdoor and leisure industry came together to be honoured in Glasgow at the weekend. On Sunday, October 29, the Scottish Outdoor and Leisure Awards took over the Glasgow Marriott for an evening. The Scottish Outdoor and Leisure Awards were created to showcase and reward outstanding contributions to…

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Precision craftwork with Chinese lanterns for the festive season

By Reporter | October 30, 2017

A group of 25 specialist craftspeople from China have made a 5000-mile journey to Scotland’s capital. They are creating the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s winter extravaganza at Edinburgh Zoo, The Giant Lanterns of China. The craftspeople will begin building over 450 gigantic lantern installations and transforming Edinburgh Zoo into an impressive light spectacle for…

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Time travelling with Bolney’s Blanc de Blanc bubbles

By Reporter | October 30, 2017

Peter Ranscombe straps himself into a vinous DeLorean to sample five vintages of Bolney’s Blanc de Blanc English sparkling wine. ONE of the most exciting elements of opening an older bottle of wine is remembering at what stage of your life you were in the year that the grapes were harvested. Where were you living?…

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Scottish Field Whisky Challenge winners are all set to be revealed

By Reporter | October 25, 2017

WE’RE getting set to honour the makers of elite drams at this year’s Scottish Field Whisky Awards. Our judges in the various categories had the pleasure of sampling 150 whiskies, but they had no idea which fine drams they were sampling, as all taste tests were done blind. The ten categories are: Whisky Under £40,…

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