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Monmouthshire cider producer, Apple County Cider has plenty to celebrate after winning a coveted Great Taste Golden Fork award. The Great Taste Awards, referred to as the Oscars of the food world, were held in London last night and Apple County Cider scooped the Golden Fork from Wales award for the second consecutive year. Apple County Cider, winner of last year’s Golden Fork from Wales for its Vilberie Medium Dry cider, has this year been...

Welsh food and drink companies are hoping for further success when they attend the Speciality and Fine Food Fair, the UK’s leading showcase event of fine food and drink in London from the 4 to 6 September 2016. The shortlist of Great Taste 2016 winners has just been announced and several of the Welsh winners will be exhibiting at the fair, all looking to build relationships and boost their opportunities of securing new sales. This...

Welsh Food and Drink companies will build on their success when they attend the Speciality and Fine Food Fair, the UK’s leading showcase event of Fine Food and Drink in London from the 4-6 September 2016. The Great Taste 2016 winners have been announced, as part of the Speciality and Fine Food Fair. A selection of the Welsh winners will be exhibiting and will take centre stage at the event, as they build their high-end...

As the highlight of the agricultural calendar opens its doors this week, Food and Drink Wales has released figures demonstrating the event continues to be a crucial place for the industry when it comes to meeting retailers and sealing potentially lucrative deals. Figures released today, following a 12 month tracking exercise, show that sales totalling £1.4 million can be directly attributed to business relationships developed from the Food and Drink Wales business lounge during the...

Nine food and drink festivals across Wales have received funding from the Welsh Government to help support their events and strengthen Wales’ reputation of producing high quality food, in the first round of applications received before the end of May. The funding will help showcase the best of Welsh food and drink to people living and visiting Wales by supporting the nine festivals taking place across Wales. Food festivals play an important role in the...

Nine food and drink festivals across Wales have received funding from the Welsh Government to help support their events and strengthen Wales’ reputation of producing high quality food, in the first round of applications received before the end of May. The funding will help showcase the best of Welsh food and drink to people living and visiting Wales by supporting the nine festivals taking place across Wales. Food festivals play an important role in the...

Leading seafood businesses from across Wales have journeyed across the Irish Sea this week with their sights set on learning new ways to grow both their catch and their profits. The three day visit to Ireland (23-26 May), organised as part of the Welsh Government Seafood Cluster, aims to highlight current innovation that exists within the Irish seafood market and consider how that could be replicated here in Wales. During the visit delegates will be...

Leading seafood businesses from across Wales have journeyed across the Irish Sea this week with their sights set on learning new ways to grow both their catch and their profits. The three day visit to Ireland (23-26 May), organised as part of the Welsh Government Seafood Cluster, aims to highlight current innovation that exists within the Irish seafood market and consider how that could be replicated here in Wales. During the visit delegates will be...

Fifteen Welsh food and drink companies are getting ready to embark on a trade development visit to Denmark and Norway with the aim of finding new trading opportunities in these markets. Supported by the Welsh Government, the Food and Drink Wales trade development visit to Copenhagen and Oslo from 23-27 May 2016, will provide companies with critical insight and commercial contacts in two important and diverse markets for Welsh food and drink. Fifteen companies will...

Fifteen Welsh food and drink companies are getting ready to embark on a trade development visit to Denmark and Norway with the aim of finding new trading opportunities in these markets. Supported by the Welsh Government, the Food and Drink Wales trade development visit to Copenhagen and Oslo from 23-27 May 2016, will provide companies with critical insight and commercial contacts in two important and diverse markets for Welsh food and drink. Fifteen companies will...