The Decadence Hamper

Manufacturer and Tasting Notes

• Beaujolais-Villages E. Loron & Fils AC 2007

  Beaujolais-Villages E. Loron & Fils AC 2007:

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  This wine is produced from the Gamay grape, by one of the most respected producers in the Beaujolais region.. Beaujolais Villages accounts for a quarter of the total production, and must come from the northern part of the Beaujolais region. The wine must have a minimum level of 19% alcohol. Maceration Carbonique, whereby the juice is partly fermented in sealed vats, without pressing the grapes, thus, by carbon dioxide pressure, forcing the yeast through the skins, and each grape ferments with itself. This produces greatly enhanced fruit flavours.

  Refreshment in a bottle, this wine is delicious to drink with barbecues, or at lunch with sandwiches.
• Fonseca Bin No 27 Finest Reserve Port

  Fonseca Bin No 27 Finest Reserve Port :

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  This classic port has fresh, rich, blackberry and cassis aromas and a well-knit structure. It has velvety, rich, luscious black fruit and chocolate flavours with an intense lingering finish.

• The Lyme Bay Winery Sloe Liqueur

  The Lyme Bay Winery Sloe Liqueur :

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  A traditional Sloe Gin, full flavoured, succulent and smooth. This was awarded Bronze at the 'Taste of the West Awards' 2007. Sloe Gin was traditionally developed in order to improve the unpleasant flavour of home distilled gin brewed by poor families. Made like this, from finest quality ingredients, it is simply delicious!

• Cocoa Loco

  Cocoa Loco:

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  To flee one’s job and do something more interesting is often considered but rarely acted upon. In the summer of 2005 a young couple called Sarah & Rory chose to do exactly this so packed up their computers and followed their dream.

  Their mission was sublimely simple, to bake joyous confections that melt in the mouth using entirely organic ingredients and fun packaging which would have a minimum impact on the environment. Their baking would be made from love, their service second to none and their customers would become best buddies.

  Years passed and the word spread. No longer would top-notch chocolate be about posh uptight brands in flouncy packaging. Cocoa Loco’s vision was to build a premium treat reputation around words like approachable, affordable and genuine choice. Others were called upon to help and they attracted the most talented cooks, people who cared passionately about fine cooking, who smelt of chocolate and who dabbled in bold flavours and dreamy textures.

  Success was assured following awards such as The Times Organic hero award (2008), ‘the best producer in Sussex’ gong, and a hat full of Fine Food stars.

• Olives Et Al

  Olives Et Al:

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  The inspiration for Olives et Al was a year long, international motorbike adventure by the soon-to-be-founders of the company. Annie and Giles Henschel travelled through the Mediterranean, the Middle East and North Africa, falling in love with food and flavours along the way. Whilst on their travels they made sure they collected as many recipes as they could and, once back in the UK, proceeded to put their findings into practice. The results speak for themselves. Olives et Al source the finest available olives, nuts, seeds and oils to make delicious snacks following instructions which, in some instances, have been handed down through generations.

• Walkers

  Walkers:

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  The Walkers story begins over a hundred years ago in 1898, when the twenty-one year old Joseph Walker opened the doors of his own bakery in Torphins with a loan of £50 and the dream of making the finest shortbread in the world.

  This pure creamery butter shortbread is baked in the Highland village of Aberlour to an original family recipe perfected by Joseph Walker in 1898.

  Walkers Shortbread is baked from the finest ingredients, with no artificial flavouring, colouring or preservative in sight – just as it has always been. The irresistible range of varieties is beautifully presented in Walkers distinctive tartan packaging, making it a reliably welcome gift.