All the latest from around both regions EDITOR LOVES Lusty Glaze in Cornwall was recently ranked 10th in the UK’s most Instagrammable wedding venues. The wedding experts at Aura Print scoured social media for the most popular 2024 autumn and winter wedding venues nationwide and counted Instagram hashtag numbers to reveal which venue stands out as the most memorable for weddings. https://aura-print.com/uk Weddings take place here: www.lustyglaze.co.uk NEWS THE GOOD HOTEL GUIDE ANNOUNCES ITS 2025 AWARD WINNERS The Good Hotel Guide has revealed its annual list of César winners. The 20 Césars (named after famous Swiss hotelier César Ritz) are given to the hotels, inns and B&Bs considered outstanding in their particular category. The latest version of The Good Hotel Guide: Great Britain & Ireland is now live online, featuring more than 700 hotels, including 76 new entries. Now in its 48th year, The Good Hotel Guide is the only truly independent hotel guide in the United Kingdom as it does not accept payment for inclusion or free hospitality in return for coverage. This year, they include three properties in Devon: Best Foodie – The Collective at Woolsery – Bideford, North Devon Located in the village of Woolsery, The Collective comprises the Farmers Arms dining pub, a gourmet fish and chip shop, and a 150-acre farm providing some of the produce for the above. Plus, there’s also a corner shop and post office with a contemporary twist. Best Romantic Hotel – Hotel Endsleigh, Tavistock, West Devon Originally created by Georgiana, Duchess of Bedford as a summer home, this property boasts sumptuous rooms and suites. Located in the Tamar Valley, it’s surrounded by vast swathes of forestry, caves and waterfalls. Best for Dogs – Mill End Hotel, Newton Abbot, South Devon This Dartmoor hotel prides itself on welcoming dogs with guests. Not only does the property have scenic walks on the doorstep, but it also boasts a selection of dog-friendly rooms and dining areas with a special treat box and personalised Mill End collar tag presented to each four-legged guest upon arrival. www.goodhotelguide.com Nearlywed Hotel Endsleigh The Collective at Woolsery Mill End Hotel PADSTOW DISTILLING INTRODUCES REFILLABLE OPTIONS Padstow Distilling, the award-winning Cornish distillery that took home three awards at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) in 2024, has introduced refillable options using an innovative pouch as part of a gradual commitment to a programme of ‘reduce and reuse’. As well as a step forward in terms of waste reduction, this initiative offers customers economic savings of £6 per 70cl when choosing from the British brand’s core range of small-batch spirits. Founder David McWilliam says, “I have wanted to improve our environmental interaction for a while. It’s not enough just to enjoy the beauty of the place, we have to look after it too. Running a distillery is all about heating, cooling, glass and water and so adds to our footprint and we are constantly mindful of how we must become lighter on the environment. In keeping with our ethos of celebrating the natural beauty of our region and in step with our core value always to do better we need to take positive action to reduce our impact. Our new pouches enable a nationwide refill service which begins that gradual journey to better.” David adds, “Whilst we have refilled our glass bottles in our bar and for people visiting in-store, we can now offer our customers beyond Cornwall the refill service and encourage more reuse of our distinct glass bottles. The move benefits us all and reduces our impact on the environment and costs that we can pass on to our customers.” He adds, “We’re a young Cornish distillery, distilling small batch sizes of just 60 bottles. This enables consistency and quality at every step. By offering a more affordable refillable option, we hope to make it easier for consumers to shop locally, reduce their impact and prioritise provenance.” Spirits available for refill are Padstow Gin St George’s Well, Padstow Rose Gin Hawker’s Cove, and the gold-winning Padstow Vodka Gun Point. All the distillery’s spirits are crafted using local ingredients sourced near the distillery in Padstow, with barley farmed and botanicals foraged just a mile away from their premises. After careful research, David and his design team selected these durable PVC pouches which feature Padstow Distilling’s distinctive turquoise band, inspired by the Camel Estuary which is a theme embraced by David McWilliam when launching his inaugural Padstow Gin, St George’s Well, in 2020. David says, “Consumers are increasingly interested in quality and knowing where their ingredients come from. We take pride in producing our spirit from barley grown right here in Padstow, and we forage for Alexanders, one of the key ingredients in our gin, and for sloe berries for our seasonal flavours.” https://padstowdistilling.co.uk 9 LOCAL NEWS
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