A day back in school - Salcombe Distilling Co’s new Rum School, to be exact
Martin Hesp
All in Drink
A day back in school - Salcombe Distilling Co’s new Rum School, to be exact
Taking a Wine & Spirits Education Trust Level 1 Award in Wine is fun - as we found at during a recent day at the South West Wine School
Drinking vodka the way they do in Ukraine, Poland and other northern places - by which we mean with salty, pickled, savoury snacks
A visit to Huxbear Vineyard in Devon with Wickhams Wine and wine writer Stephen Barrett - listn to the wine tasting in this podcast
The South West has more than its fair share of establishments in the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub listing
There’s more to making a cup of coffee than meets the eye - we try a morning training session in a bid to learn how to become a proper barista at Owen’s Coffee in Devon
The English grape-harvest is about to begin - and after a mixed season so far the wine-makers of the South West are feeling optimistic
The Pig’s Nose at East Prawle in Devon has been voted the county’s best pub at this year’s Pub and Bar Awards - here journalist Martin Hesp recalls an article he wrote about one of his favourite watering holes several years ago - and article indeed which tells the tale of the one and only Pig’s Nose
Room with a view - or rather, dining room with a view… We’re looking for suggestions - the best cafes, pubs or restaurants with sea-views… In Devon, Dorset, Somerset or Cornwall in this particular case…
Cider-maker Roger Wilkins talks about his Banksy works of art and tells Martin Hesp about other celebrities who have been to his old cider shed at Mudgeley, on a little ridge in the northern Somerset Levels.
The Sharpham Estate hosted its first open day after all the Covid lockdowns - and Martin Hesp was there to enjoy the views and taste the wine and the cheese
A famous dinner of beef, followed by beef, followed by beef, was staged a couple of years ago at The Farmer’s Arms - one opf the best pubs in Somerset
Woods at Dulverton on Exmoor has now won Britain’s Wine Pub Award of the Year for an amazing 11 years in a row
Here’s a little bit of cider history for those who are interested in the drink which is made from fermented apple juice
Sandford Orchards makes really good cider - and good for them for taking on the Big Boys in the drinks industry and producing a high quality Devon cider, says Martin Hesp
A West Country food writer embarks on a journey of food and drink discovery around a rural part of West Devon and unearths all manner of delights
Snowdrops are popping their little white heads about the soil and leaf mould all across the West Country
There are an awful lot of new names for the months of the year - like Veganuary or Flexibuary - but do they add up to more than a hill of beans?
It was a very different kind of Christmas for home-cooks - even though more people are cooking at home than at any time for the past 30 years