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| News from Gregg's Pit Updated 22/05/08 |
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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 at CAMRA’s National Cider and Perry Championships held at the Reading Beer and Cider Festival over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
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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| Events diary for 2008 |
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Meet the Gregg's Pit team, taste and buy our products. Our 2008 programme of events and festivals is now available.
More here...
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| 2007 Vintage & product news |
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It was an ‘off year’ for perry pears, but cider apples were plentiful and of very good quality. Our 2007 production was 3790 litres (30% down on 2006), of which there are 2560 litres of cider and 1230 litres of perry (60% down on 2006).
Once again it was a very social vintage with more than 20 friends and family helping with all aspects of the cider and perry making process.
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The Big Apple at Harvest Time, 13-14 October 2007 |
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Once again we welcomed hundreds of visitors to Gregg’s Pit over The Big Apple Harvest Time weekend on 13 - 14 October 2007. Friends old and new were able to help with cider pressing, taste and buy our products and, on Saturday, enjoy another memorable performance from Leominster Morris who now describe themselves “by appointment to Gregg’s Pit”. The last dance involved mass audience participation and extended half way down 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.
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| Gregg's Pit Winners again at Stockport, May 2006 |
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Customers at the Stockport Beer and Cider Festival, 27-29 May 2006 voted Gregg’s Pit ‘Perry of the Festival’
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| Gregg's Pit Double Winners at Stockport, June 2005 |
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Customers at the Stockport Beer and Cider Festival, 2–4 June 2005 voted Gregg's Pit 'Cider of the Festival' and 'Perry of the Festival'.
The organisers said, "This was Stockport's 19th annual festival, and from small beginnings we've grown a strong Cider and Perry following. We had over 300 gallons of Cider and Perry from 28 different producers. Our customers have come to expect, and really appreciate, a wide range and high-quality. This year was the first time we've obtained cider and perry from you. I was delighted and impressed by your product, and extremely pleased that their quality was recognised by the festival-goers. It's rare, too, for one producer to scoop both the Cider and the Perry awards."
Find out more about our awards....
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