Fathers Day Gift Guide & English Wine Week

There is no need to travel to the South of France, this summer's must-have sip comes from closer to home.
Balfour Winery's Nannette's Rosé has just won Gold at the prestigious global Rosé Masters, besting even the most beloved French varieties. A Gold medal at the Rosé Masters is only awarded according to the rigorous judging criteria, which states it must be a ‘brilliant wine that is a benchmark for its type’. This award-winning English Rosé not only pleases the palate but also supports the Kent Wildlife Trust, with each purchase helping fund rewilding projects.

Raise a toast with Nature’s Perfect Pairing. Buy here: https://balfourwinery.com/prod...

From ranging from a boxed moka-pot gift set (shown above), down to a simple V60 pour over cone, there is something to suit all budgets.

Shop our gift ideas: https://www.beansmitten.co.uk/buy-coffee-beans?Custom+Filter=Gift%2520Ideas

Visit Biddenden this English Wine week and enjoy 6 tastings for the price of 3 on a Self-Guided Tour!

No pre-booking required, just visit our vineyard shop to check in and pick up your self-guided pack.

Visit our website for more information https://biddendenvineyards.com/visit-us/self-guided-tours/

Offer valid 15^th-23^rd June, £10 per person.

Do you have a Father who loves a bit of seafood? Then we have just the thing for you…

Our Boathouse Father’s day graze box is packed full of delicious handmade quiche, samosa, spring roll and salmon encroute to tempt the tastebuds! Coupled with Prawns, Cockles, local Whelks, Hot smoked and Cold Smoked Salmon this platter really is a fabulous treat.

Book yours now by calling 01303 488441

Home delivery is available across Kent https://www.theboathousefisher...

Buy an Orchard pass that lasts all year, a family ticket to cherry picking weekends or Brogdale Cider Festival, or how about a rural course? Cider and wine making, summer pruning, bee keeping and grafting, there’s something for everyone! Can’t decide, how about a gift voucher so they can choose themselves! Visit brogdalecollections.org

https://brogdalecollections.org/short-courses/

https://brogdalecollections.org/event/cherry-trail/

https://brogdalecollections.org/event/brogdale-cider-festival/

https://brogdalecollections.org/product/gift-vouchers/

GIFT A LAVENDER GIN EXPERIENCE

Relax with your BYO picnic whilst enjoying a bottle of our new Lavender Gin paired with chilled Indian Tonic Water, ice, and a lavender garnish, all set in our stunning 'Ladybird' Lavender field with over 80,000 fragrant plants.

LAVENDER GIN PICNIC EXPERIENCE TICKETS FOR 2 ADULTS - Castle Farm Shop (castlefarmkent.co.uk)

We all know that the way to Dad's heart is usually through his stomach and where better to spoil him this Father's Day than at The Corner House in Canterbury. Every Dad that dines at The Corner House on Father's Day will be offered a complimentary half a pint of our Corner House IPA. The restaurant's new IPA is brewed by Balfour Winery in Kent and is both gluten free & vegan friendly.

The Corner House will be serving its Beef Wellington for two, served with dauphinoise potatoes, confit carrot, buttered greens, mushroom ketchup and red wine jus which is a super special dish for the super special Dads! We recommend pairing it with a glass of Balfour Winery's Luke's Pinot Noir 2022

https://www.cornerhouserestaur...

Our cherry tomato plants are a tomato-tally awesome way to say ‘I love you, Dad’. From sweet 'Babies' to robust 'Wanna Be Adults', there’s a plant for every dad’s taste!

https://www.havenweb.uk/

We are almost out of our first ever (double award winning) batch of London Dry Gin. If you'd like to get your hands on the virgin batch be quick!!

Distilled locally in Igtham, it is the result of years of dedication…definitely worth a try if you haven’t already.
Beautifully presented it makes the perfect gift!

https://www.invokedistillery.c...

Sip your way around Kent’s favourite food hall on June 28^th at Macknade’s summer wine fayre. Sample over 40 wines from top merchants and Kentish producers, including Wayfarer Wines & Nine Oaks Vineyard. The event is free to attend but you must register in advance and pre-order any platters!

Link: https://macknade.com/products/summer-wine-fayre-1

Father's Day is less than two weeks' away and we have plenty of great gift ideas over on our website, with delivery available nationwide. Here are a few of our favourites to get you inspired...

https://macknade.com/collectio...

Solley's Ice Cream Parlour & The Pub at Solley's will both be open on Sunday 16^th June, with no pre-booking needed. Join us in the Ice Cream Parlour where we will be serving up our delicious all day breakfasts, light lunches, snacks and of course our amazing Ice Cream Sundaes. Open 10am - 4pm with plenty of indoor & outdoor seating. Or, for those after something a little stronger, The Pub at Solley's is open 10am - 8pm with an extensive range of drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) as well as our delicious Pie and Pickle boards and Cheese Boards.

www.solleys.co.uk

Have fun with a Quiz Trail – explore in a new way! We love sharing the Kent history we discover! In June discover more about one of our fantastic Kent towns – maybe Rochester, Faversham, West Malling or our city Canterbury? The summer holidays are coming – Quiz Trails are educational for children! Here’s a snippet of history from Rochester.

Why is Rochester a town and not a city - it has a cathedral?! Rochester was made a city in 1211 ... and remained so until 1998. It seems an administrative error resulted in the town losing its city status! Medway became a unitary authority in 1998 and the city council were asked if they wanted to employ charter trustees to protect the city status. This was deemed unnecessary and hey ho ... Rochester was no longer a city! However, the holding of city status gives a settlement no special right.

Order online at https://www.quiztrail.co.uk/

This Fathers Day treat your Dad to a delicious breakfast of Scrambled Egg with Ro-Gro Pea Shoots and Cherry Tomatoes. Halfway through making the scrambled eggs add the pea shoots and quartered cherry tomatoes, this wilts the shoots and warms up the tomatoes. Once cooked, pop onto a slice of his favourite toast. There are more ideas of what to do with our delicious greens on our website ro-gro.uk, just click on recipes in the menu.

Available at Macknade, Quex, Wholefood Market and other selected stores across Kent

Shepherd Neame’s Whitstable Bay Black Stout (4.2% ABV) is on sale in supermarkets for the first time.
The stout, part of the independent family brewer’s award-winning Whitstable Bay collection, is a popular choice on draught across its 300-strong estate of pubs and hotels across Kent, London and the South East.

In keeping with the beer’s name and dark colour, its bottle label uses a black and silver palette to depict a night-time Whitstable scene, featuring an iconic oyster yawl - synonymous with the Kent seaside town from which the brand takes its name - along with Shepherd Neame’s popular pub on the beach, the Old Neptune.

Whitstable Bay Black Stout is available to order from ASDA and Waitrose online, and from selected stores nationwide. It is also available from Shepherd Neame's Brewery Shop in Court Street, Faversham, and its online shop at https://shop.shepherdneame.co.uk/ Find out more at www.shepherdneame.co.uk/whitstable-bay

Kent's local family run vineyard are ready for summer with their latest wine release - 2023 Pinot Gris. A new wine to the OASTHOUSE range brings flavours of cantaloupe melon and bright lemon zest, perfect for treating your father on 16th June or yourself during English Wine Week - starting 15th June.

Visit us on a tour and tasting experience where your can purchase our new and current wines, or buy online via our website www.warehornevineyard.co.uk