Twelfth Night Hamper

Manufacturer and Tasting Notes

• Bordeaux Blanc Chateau Les Girards AC 2008

  Bordeaux Blanc Chateau Les Girards AC 2008:

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  Produced in the Entre deux Mers region close to Bordeaux, situated between the Garonne and Gironde rivers. The soils are clay/limestone and this wine is produced from 78%Sauvignon Blanc, 17% Muscadelle, and 5% Semillon. Made in stainless steel vats to ensure freshness, the wine has a bright pale yellow colour. Sauvignon is very evident on the nose, with good acidity in the mouth and long finish

  Enjoy this wine with fish or any seafood.
• Bordeaux Rouge Chateau Les Girards AC 2007

  Bordeaux Rouge Chateau Les Girards AC 2007:

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  Bordeaux reds are generally powerful, concentrated and aromatic.  Wines made from vines overlooking the Garonne River, such as Les Girards, are particularly elegant. The vineyard covers 21 hectares, and is planted with 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, and 30% Cabernet Franc. The soil is clay-limestone, and the wine has a fruity nose of red berries and spices, it is balanced and round on the palate. Enjoyable with red meats and poultry and with some grilled fish dishes.
• Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Jean Pernet

  Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Jean Pernet :

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  This champagne is produced by a smaller grower coming from vineyards of only six hectares in the Mesnil, recognised as the finest region of Champagne.  Produced from 100% Chardonnay grapes, this is a truly classic champagne of superb quality. Crisp, stylish with a splendid mousse, a continuity of small bubbles and a delicious palate, this is dry with great balance and length and bottle aged to add elegance.

• Warres Warrior Reserve Port

  Warres Warrior Reserve Port :

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  Warre’s Ports are distinguished for their structure, power and softly perfumed nose. They have a particularly fresh and elegant style. Warre’s Ports are renowned the world over for their excellence and are consistently placed amongst the best in comparative tasting. Dark red in colour, with a seductive rich perfume of ripe plums and cherries. On the palate, complex with an excellent structure and a long lingering finish.

• Atkins and Potts

  Atkins and Potts:

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  Constantly innovating, everything produced by Atkins and Potts is lovingly made in their Berkshire kitchen. Atkins and Potts pride themselves on kitchen cooking values and nothing in their ranges is mass produced. Furthermore they ensure that all of their products contain a high percentage of the key ingredients and not just token amounts.

  Using the very best quality ingredients, Atkins and Potts ranges contain classics, with a contemporary twist with exciting new flavours and textures. The products are made to the standard you'd expect from a fine dining restaurant and are ready to serve and ready to cook. At the heart of Atkins and Potts food philosophy is the use of quality ingredients and natural flavours, colours and textures.

• Brodies

  Brodies:

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  Brodies is a family business with over 130 years experience in the art of roasting coffee and blending tea.

   

  The company’s origins are in Leith where once tea clippers landed their cargoes. The business has seen many changes since 1867 when William Brodie first began, but his passion for quality has endured and as the company has grown and diversified the ideals remain the same – that excellence is only achieved by using the very best ingredients available.

• 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.

• Thursday Cottage

  Thursday Cottage:

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  For 30 years Thursday Cottage have been hand-making the fine jams, marmalades and chutneys that are simply bursting with fruit and natural flavours.

  Sticking to traditional methods and values the products are made in small batches to ensure that each and every preserve is of the highest quality.
  Using only the finest selection of seasonal ingredients with no additives or chemical preservatives, Thursday Cottage continues to follow the same recipes that they have always used whilst continuing to develop delicious new flavours.

  Such is the popularity and ever growing reputation of the fantastic range, Thursday Cottage is enjoyed the world over with around 25% of all products being exported worldwide. Their wonderful jams and marmalades can be found as far afield as Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA.