News Archive


Illness hits Yarty

We are sorry but due to Jayne having Pleurisy and David having a chest infection we will not be at Expo as planned,any enquiries please get in touch via e mail as niether of us can speak.

 


Snowed in

We were unfortunate enough to have been stuck at home due to the heavy Snow in the South West coupled with no phone line due to a pole being knocked down so no broadband either..

 


We Are Back On Line

Due to some techie problems( the server crashed) we are now back we will soon have a new look.
Thanks to Kate and her team at sitesplus.co.uk

 


Competition to win 12 of our Cordials

We have teamed up with www.bestcuppaintown.com to give away a mixed box of 12 of our lovely Cordials worth over £40.
Have a look its a great site.

 


New Distributors

For Cornwall and Devon
Plough to Plate  Liskeard  www.ploughtoplate.co.uk

For Kent and Southeast England Treats in Store Heathfield 01435 868699 www.treatsinstore.com 

 


Newlook

Like our drinks we are always changing. We are pleased to announce that we have secured the services of Steve Turton the Southwests renowned photographer of food.we are in the process of updating our site.
Please come and visit us at the many shows we will be attending to see the new look display.

 


New Distributors to be announced

We have new distributors for South East England,South Wales and Cornwall, who we will anounce as soon as we move into our new unit.
These will compliment our existing team.

 


We are moving

We are moving house and we are also moving into a new unit as our workload has increased.Watch this space.

 


New Look

We will soon have new photos on our website, and we are reprinting our labels,with Barcodes and a picture of grandmother Mable Plascott.

 


The Albion London

We are pleased to anounce that our Cordials will be available at another top shop in London.
Terence and Vicki Conrans new project The Boundary,2-4 Boundary Street  London E2 7JE.
 www.theboundary.co.uk

 


Launch of the 2009 Real Food Festival

As many of you will know we had a very good time at last years Real Food Festival, we made lots of new contacts and many good friends.
We were lucky enough to be invited to the press launch for 2009, held at the House of Lords.
Speakers included Rosie Boycott and Raymond Blanc. 2009 looks even better than last year,Jayne is organizing a South West section.
Its at Earls Court from May the 8th until the 10th.
www.realfoodfestival.co.uk

 


Buy On Line

Please contact Trevor at internationalfarmshop@fenbrook.com  for more details.
You will be able to buy our cordials online from around the World and the UK.
The international farmshop will offer a choice of carefully selected produce  and the website will be up and running very shortly.

 


Heartwood Market Cafe

We have another new outlet in London.

Heartwood Market Cafe 
14 Paternoster Square
London
EC4M 7DX

www.heartwoodmarketcafe.com 

 


Yarty Valley comes to Ireland

We are very pleased to announce that our drinks will be available in Ireland.
For all trade enquiries please contact 

Lemondrop
Dungourney
Co.Cork
086 858 1607 

www.lemondrop.ie

 


Lack of Bottle

We are currently awaiting more Bottles, following a tree falling on our bottle store during the recent storms.This has put us behind on some of our orders.

 


Plymouth Flavour Fest

We have just returned from Plymouth, following 3 days at the Flavour Fest, a Big thank you to all of you who purchased our Drinks.
Our bottles were on the local ITV regional News program ,thanks to Peter Gorton (The Horn of Plenty).
Thanks also to Jaques Marchal (Chez Vous Chez Nous) and David Ashen (Cuisine Spontantee) who both demonstrated how to use our Cordials in Cooking.
We were also mentioned in the Saturday edition of Western Morning News
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Tasting at Planks Farmshop Nr Devizes

A big thank You to Liz and Nick and all the staff at Planks.
We loved the sarnie's Liz made using local Ham, Cheese and their own freshley baked Bread.
To all of you that tried and purchased our Cordials,lovely to meet you and please enjoy.

 


We Celebrate Our First Year

We have been hand making our Drinks for 1 year this month, and we are now available in over 100 Outlets.

 


New Distributors

We are pleased to Announce that we have appointed New Distributors for Hampshire,Sussex,Oxfordshire,Berkshire

SAMWAYS in Stockbridge Hampshire
01264 810440

www.samwayssfd.com


and for Devon, Cornwall,Somerset,and Dorset

G R Fine foods in Kingsbridge Devon
01548 854259
info@grfinefoods.co.uk

These will fill in the Gaps supplied by the Cool Courier.


 


Buying On Line

We appologise for the Delay. We will have information on how to buy on line very shortly.

 


Goosegog and Elderflower

We have a new flavour for the Summer   

We call it Goosegog and Elderflower

and its made with Gooseberries from Forde Abbey and Runnington Fruit Farm near Wellington, mixed with this years Elderflower from the Yarty Valley.

Its only available as a Cordial.

 


Fruit Picking

We have been very busy picking Fruit from local farms, we have some exciting new flavours coming

 


Now in Mid Hampshire

We are pleased to anounce that you can now buy our Cordials from Caracoli in Alresford.

Caracoli
15 Broad Street
Alresford
Hampshire
SO24 9AR
01962 738730

www.caracoli.co.uk

 


Around the World

Watch this Space . After all of the Hits on this site from around the world, thanks to the Sunday Times We are looking to Export our Cordials to various countries around the World using Very renown companies.

 


Hello Southampton

We had a very busy Saturday at our first visit to Sunnyfields Farmers Market on Sat 31st May, We shall return on Sat 21st of June and we look foward to meeting more of you.
For more details
www.sunnyfields.co.uk

 


National Distribution

We will shortly announce details of  Distributors for our Full Range.

 


Elderflower Cordial is back!!

We have just picked this springs elderflower. Stocks are building up fast!

Yarty Valley Elderflower

 


We have just bottled this seasons first elderflower!

We have picked the first elderflower from the Yarty Valley  hedges for this year!

 


Tasting at our first Farm Shop

We had a super morning on saturday 17th of May at Millers Farm Shop, Kilmington near Axminster in the Yarty Valley. We met lots of old customers and made many more. Our thanks to Malcolm and Racheal and all the Team at Millers.

We had lots of kind comments, but the biggest reaction was from first timers who were so impressed by the Taste.

 


Cordial Tops Go from Red to Cream

All of our Cordials are now being produced with Cream tops. We have found that everyone likes the Cream top, as apposed to the red of which, some people thought looked like Medicine.

 


Now in London

You can now Purchase our Cordials and Presse at Betty Blythes in London. Please see our Where to buy Page for full details.

 


COOLCOURIER

We are pleased to anounce that we will be using the Coolcourier from Blandford, to deliver Our Drinks to a wider area.

Contact Sally on 01258 455133 For Trade Enquiries for SW London Dorset South Devon.

 


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