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| BBC TV 'Countryfile' |
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Miriam O’Reilly and John Craven, the presenters of “Countryfile” visited Much Marcle on 18 September 2006 to film a programme about traditional orchards and the revival of craft cider and perry making.
Miriam came to Gregg’s Pit where she helped to build a ‘cheese’, press a barrel of Thorn – single variety perry and feed the spent pomace to the Hereford cattle. |
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| Perry good news |
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Read Alison Davison’s two page feature article about us in “Foodie” The Midlands food and drink magazine (Issue 7 Autumn 2006)
www.thefoodie.co.uk
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| Producing the Goods |
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Published by Common Ground to coincide with Apple Day on 21st October 2005, “Producing the Goods” is a new leaflet that champions goods that reflect and sustain locality, nature and culture – what is bad for the environment is bad for us ….
"Buying a bottle of perry produced in Herefordshire or Gloucestershire may keep remarkable 60 foot high pear trees alive for their full span of more than 300 years."
For further information see www.commonground.org.uk and www.england-in-particular.info (which features a case study about Gregg s Pit .) |
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| CAMRA's Good Cider Guide |
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Published during CAMRA's Cider Month in October 2005 the all new CAMRA's Good Cider Guide now in its 5th edition features more than 150 traditional cider producers including Gregg s Pit Cider Perry and 550 outlets in the UK.
To order a copy of this indispensable guide for all cider and perry enthusiasts visit www.camra.org.uk/books |
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| Rick Stein 'Food Heroes' |
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TV chef and champion of small scale craft producers,
Rick Stein has included Gregg's Pit Cider & Perry in his book "Rick
Stein's Guide to The Food Heroes of Britain".
Find out more here. |
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| Cider Route |
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The web site for Herefordshire
Cider Route which features Gregg's Pit is now live.
To visit the site, www.ciderroute.co.uk,
click here. |
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| BBC Radio 4's 'Food
Programme' |
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For their coverage of
'Apple Day 2003', BBC Radio 4's "Food Programme" visited events in and around
Much Marcle.
During the programme (broadcast
on 19th & 20th October) the presenter, Sheila Dillon visited Gregg's
Pit and talked to James Marsden about the orchard, and issues affecting orchards
and cider and perry producers in Herefordshire and the UK.
For more on the programme visit the
Food Programme Website
To hear an extract from the programe Click Here...
For more on Apple Day visit Common
Ground
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