A growing number of food and drink related businesses are joining in our festival and so there are lots of special events to keep everyone entertained. Here’s what our programme looks like at the moment and keep watching this website as we’re expecting to add yet more events.
Wednesday 22nd September
BowintheCloud Vineyard tour at 2.00pm (admission free, contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01666 503552 to reserve a place, please see below for more information about the vineyard and tour)
Gloucester Old Spot Sausage Appreciation Society dinner in The Close Hotel at 7.00pm for 7.30pm (tel 01666 502272 for tickets)
Thursday 23rd September
BowintheCloud Vineyard tour at 2.00pm (admission free, contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01666 503552 to reserve a place, please see below for more information about the vineyard and tour)
Pizza-making at The Priory Inn at 4.00 pm (tel 01666 502551 to reserve a place)
A celebration of Gloucestershire food at Highgrove starting at 5.30pm with Pimms followed by a tour of the gardens and a reception with popular dishes from local ingredients and summer wine punch (tel 01666 503203 for tickets)
Friday 24th September
Rob Rees, The Cotswold Chef™, will be giving cooking demonstrations for pupils of Sir William Romney´s and St Mary´s schools
BowintheCloud Vineyard tour at 2.00pm (admission free, contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01666 503552 to reserve a place, please see below for more information about the vineyard and tour)
Tour of Duchy Home Farm at 2.00pm (small charge with proceeds going to charity, contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01666 503552 to reserve a place)
Pasta-making workshop at The Rectory, Crudwell, from 10.30am to 2.00pm (tel 01666 577194 for tickets)
Saturday 25th September
Real Ale and Cider Day, with music plus judging of the Tetbury Tater competition, at The Priory Inn from12.00pm to 6.00pm (admission free)
Jesse Smith´s Big Pan, Long Street, Tetbury, throughout the day (admission free)
Wine tasting with Jackie Wheels (Oxford Wines) in the Market Hall from 6.00pm (contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01666 503552 for tickets)
Gourmet dinner at The Close Hotel (tel 01666 502272 for further details and tickets)
Sunday 26th September
Festival Market with up to 50 stalls and cooking demonstrations by ‘Queen of Posh Nosh’ Uma Wylde and chef and food writer Xanthe Clay, from 10.00am (admission free)
Cider and sausage festival at The Snooty Fox throughout the day (admission free)
Barbecue and quiz and at The Potting Shed Pub, Crudwell; food served at 6.30pm, quiz starts promptly at 7.30pm (tel 01666 577833 for tickets)
The Bow-in-the-Cloud Vineyard (Special Opening for Tetbury Foord & Drink Festival)
Bow-in-the-Cloud Vineyard is situated approximately 1 mile to the east of Malmesbury on a small pocket of Cotswold cornbrash soil in an area which is generally characterised by unsuitable clay. This well drained soil, protected by woodland, provides a good location for cultivating varieties of vine that are chosen for their ability to reliably ripen grapes in a cool climate. When the vineyard was planted in 1993-4 three varieties were chosen such that they would be expected to blend well to produce a well balanced wine when mature, and such has proved to be the case. The vineyard now produces excellent traditional and pink brut bubblies and an exceptional off-dry Bacchus still wine using artisanal methodology with the help of the Halfpenny Green Vineyard near Kidderminster. These wines are available through prestigious local outlets including The Priory Inn, Whatley Manor, The Old Bell, and, mainly for weddings etc. through William's Kitchen caterers. Off-licence sales are through Thomas the Butcher and farmers' markets.
The vineyard is not open to the public but visitors are welcome by arrangement especially during the Tetbury Food and Drink Festival, when guided tours and tutored tastings have been arranged. Visitors should be aware that this is weather dependent as there is no shelter and that wines may be purchased with cash or cheque only. |
