Fireside Favourites Hamper

Manufacturer and Tasting Notes

• Merlot Don Cayetano Chile 2007

  Merlot Don Cayetano Chile 2007 :

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  2007 is one of Chile's best vintages yet and the wine is deep ruby in colour, with intense strawberry and plum fruit aromas. Delightfully smooth and full, it can be enjoyed on its own or with grilled meats and pasta dishes.

• Pinot Grigio Il Cantico 2007

  Pinot Grigio Il Cantico 2007 :

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  Pinot Grigio is now a very popular wine in the UK and has been described as the ‘new Chardonnay’. After the harvest, the grapes are left to macerate on the skins for a few days, and fermentation lasts for 16 to18 days at a temperature of 17 degrees. Cold fermentation brings out more flavour than the traditional warmer fermentation. The wine is pale yellow/green and clear and bright in the glass. Though not wine to be taken too seriously, this is soft and easy drinking, making it the perfect party wine or just to enjoy when friends call.

• Sauvignon Blanc Don Cayetano Chile 2007

  Sauvignon Blanc Don Cayetano Chile 2007 :

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  Chile’s high-altitude vineyards, endless hours of sunshine and abundant irrigation help create wines with astonishing fruit concentration. This glorious Sauvignon is no exception. Abundant with lemongrass and tropical kiwi fruit flavours, this clean, refreshing white is an ideal apéritif. Mouthwatering citrus and cut grass give a fantastic, clean finish.

• English Provender Company

  English Provender Company:

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  The English Provender Company believe passionately that anyone can make themselves something tasty to eat. EPC are here to help by providing products that are easy to use and taste fantastic.

   

  The company carefully source their ingredients and prepare them with creativity and passion. It would be stretching the point to say that they are a cottage industry when the products are available in most major food stores, but the traditional ‘artisan’ mentality remains strong in what the company produces, as does the desire to always look for the latest trends and techniques.

• Frank's Luxury Biscuits

  Frank's Luxury Biscuits:

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  Frank's Luxury Biscuits are a family run bakery, still using a recipe that is four generations old. The bakery is based in Herefordshire, and provides a nationwide delivery service of biscuits and cakes, and a variety of other products.

   

  The business was first established in December 2002, when Frank took early retirement, began baking biscuits in the home kitchen and sold them in local outlets. Within six months the business had increased to such a degree that Frank and his wife Lesley were forced to begin looking for alternative premises. However, they did not have to spend any time looking as they were offered a share of an industrial kitchen less than half a mile from their home.

   

  With Frank's quality has always come first. That is why everything that they bake is handmade, using no added preservatives, and above all, only the finest natural ingredients.

• Highfield Preserves

  Highfield Preserves:

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  Highfield Preserves began life in 1984 on the family Aga in the Fraser household in Devon. Since then, Jennifer Fraser has passed the reins to her son, Don and the company has moved to purpose-built premises on the outskirts of Tiverton. The company now employs ten people and produces in excess of 2,500 jars a day, in over 40 different flavours, with many more recipes in their books - many of which have won medals at regional and national competitions.