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| News from Gregg's Pit Updated 01/06/09 |
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| New Stockist of our products. |
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We're delighted to announce that our products are now available at The Crown Inn, Woolhope, Hereford
Our full list of stockists is HERE...
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| Big Apple Cider & Perry Trials 2009 |
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At this year's event we were delighted to be awarded the following prizes:
a.. 1st prize - Aylton Red & Blakeney Red 2008 medium/sweet perry
b.. 2nd prize - Flakey Bark 2008 draught dry perry
c.. 1st prize - Brandy 2007 bottle conditioned sparkling perry
d.. Best Product in Competition - Brandy 2007 bottle conditioned sparkling perry
e.. Overall Perry Champion 2009 - this is the eleventh time since 1996 that we have won this award!
The prizes were presented by James Crowden who wrote Ciderland, in which we feature.
(Read more about James HERE... and see Radio 4 Food Programme item below).
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| Events diary for 2009 |
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Meet the Gregg's Pit team, taste and buy our products.
More here...
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| 2008 Vintage & product news |
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Our 2008 production was 3600 litres (6% down on 2007), of which there are 1900 litres of cider and 1700 litres of perry.
More details here... |
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| New Stockist - Trinity News |
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Gregg's Pit Cider and Perry is now being sold over the counter and online by Trinity News & Off Licence in Worcester.
You can go direct to the Gregg's Pit pages by clicking the links: CIDER PERRY. |
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| Radio Four Food Programme |
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James Crowden, author of Ciderland, who was our guest on the Saturday of the Big Apple Weekend, was the main contributor the the Radio 4 'Food Programme' broadcast on Sunday 9th November.
During the programme he opened a bottle of Gregg's Pit Cider as an illustration of a good quality sparkling cider.
Listen to a clip here:
Read James Crowden's biography HERE...
You can find out more and hear the whole programme by going to The Food Programme Webpage.
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| Camra Gold Award |
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John Lewis presents James with CAMRA's Gold Award for Perry in the 2008 National Champion Cider & Perry Competition.
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| The Big Apple at Harvest Time, 11-12 October 2008 |
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 Glorious weather brought out the crowds for our busiest ever Big Apple, especially on Saturday when the combination of Leominster Morris and author James Crowden attracted enough people to almost fill the orchard.
We were joined again by Truffles (our stockist in Ross-on-Wye) who served delicious ploughman's lunches, including pork pies marinated in our Kingston Black cider, and an array of other local foods to complement our cider and perry
 A slightly more relaxing day on Sunday still saw a steady stream of visitors tasting and buying.
'Making Cider & Perry' page.
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| Flavours of Herefordshire Awards 2008 |
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Gregg's Pit received a 'Commended' award in the Small Drink Producer of the Year category at 'The Flavours of Herefordshire Awards' ceremony held on Friday 24th October 2008, at the Shire Hall in Hereford, prior to the Flavours of Herefordshire Food Festival.
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| Customer Quotes (from Rod Marsh at the English Farm Cider Centre on 2007 vintage) |
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"How right you were about the Kingston Black! Absolutely superb! A journey of sensual delight through a stunning landscape of myriad flavours - great body, great length, magnificently balanced with fruity tannin giving way to gorgeous gentle acidity. We defy anyone to drink just one glass of this cider!"
"The Butt/Oldfield is beautiful too - within moments of my putting it on the shelf a couple who had met and spoken to you at Putley, tasted, and took some for their visit to Glyndebourne. Perfect accompaniment to a perfect evening in a perfect setting." |
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| Gregg’s Pit perry voted best in the country! |
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Our Aylton Red, Blakeney Red & Gregg’s Pit 2007 draught perry won the Gold Award at CAMRA’s National Cider and Perry Championships held at the Reading Beer and Cider Festival on 3 May 2008'
The judges described the winning perry as “A balance of citrus aroma with a winey aftertaste. Fabulous.”
CAMRA Awards
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| The Big Apple at Blossom Time, 3-5 May 2008 |
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Yet again, we won a clutch of awards at The Big Apple Blossom Time weekend cider and perry trials held at Putley on 3 May 2008:
- 1st prize – Thorn 2007 draught dry perry
- 1st prize – Aylton Red, Blakeney Red & Gregg’s Pit 2007 medium/sweet perry
- 1st prize – Blakeney Red & Butt 2006 bottle conditioned sparkling perry
- Best Product in Competition - Blakeney Red & Butt 2006 bottle conditioned sparkling perry
- Overall Perry Champion 2008 – this is the tenth time since 1996 that we have won this award!
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