From The CotswoldsFood & Drink in the Cotswolds

The Cotswolds has a well deserved reputation for producing some of the country's best food & drink.

It is impossible to visit the towns & villages, particularly when the Farmers’ Markets are on, and not be impressed with the local food & drink available. The range of products, including fruits & vegetables, locally reared meats, award winning cheeses etc, allows the region to be justifiably proud of what it offers. The range of food & drink related awards picked up annually by Cotswold companies is testament to the high standards constantly achieved.

 

The Cotswolds is home to some inspired local producers, like Birdwood Farmhouse Cheesemakers, in Minchinhampton. Birdwood’s prize-winning range of unpasteurised cheeses, produced from a small herd of thirty cows in rural Gloucestershire, include Traditional Double Gloucester, Birdwood Forester, Birdwood Dunlop & Birdwood Blue Heaven.   

 

Other well-loved Cheesemakers include Simon Weaver’s Cotswold Organic Dairy in Upper Slaughter, with a fabulous range of organic soft cheeses, Godsells Cheesmakers in Leonard Stanley, Cerney House (producers of the iconic Cerney Pyramid (Goats Cheese) & the Bath Soft Cheese company in Kelston, Bath whose Bath Soft Cheese dates back to a recipe from the time of Admiral Lord Nelson.

 

Other excellent food & drink producers include:

 

  • The Three Choirs Vineyard in Newent is the country’s leading single estate vineyard, and offers a selection of English wines guaranteed to prove a great accompaniment to any dinner. 

 

  • The Meg Rivers Bakery. This artisan bakery, in Shipston-on-Sour, produces arguably the best cakes in the UK, to traditional recipes resulting in delicious, natural & great tasting cakes. Their mouth-watering cake range includes Chocolate, Lemon Drizzle, Cherry and a superb Almond fruit cake.

 

  • Bibury Trout Farm. The trout farm continues to enhance its reputation for offering the very best fresh & smoked Trout. Other top well known Cotswold fish businesses include the Severn & Wye Smokery in Chaxhill and Donnington Trout Farm.

 

  • Kitchen Garden Preserves, in Stroud. The company have been making high quality marmalades, chutneys, jams and condiments since 1989. Only available from selected outlets (which does not include the major supermarket groups!) Kitchen Garden Preserves have proved a popular addition to kitchen throughout the UK.

 

  • Woodchester Fine Foods. The South Woodchester company offers a range of sweet, savoury sauces, dressings, pasta sauces & pesto, jams, chutneys & all butter biscuits.

 

  • Wickwar Brewing Company. This Gloucestershire brewer offers a range of great beers, not least their multi-award winning Cotswold Way. In the brewery’s own words,  “We produce truly hand crafted, Award Winning Beers, brewed using only the finest English floor malted barley, wheat, subtle blends of local hops and fresh Cotswold water. Fermented in traditional vessels using our own strain of yeast and quietly matured in our below ground vaults, Wickwar beers contain no artificial colourings, flavourings or preservatives” 

 

  • Hook Norton Brewery. To be found on the Oxfordshire side of the Cotswolds, this brewery has been producing great beers for more than 150 years. One of only a few family-run breweries stil going strong, Hook Norton keeps producing award winning real ales and bottled beers. From The Cotswolds is proud to include the brewery's excellent beers within its hampers & gift boxes.  

  

 

Links

 

 http://www.cotswolds.com/

 

Official Cotswolds Tourism Site. The number one resource for everything Cotswolds, Accommodation, Food, Activities, History, Maps and Events.

 

 

 

 

 

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