Cornish Brewery Shortlisted For ‘Champion Beer of Britain’

Cornish Brewery Shortlisted For ‘Champion Beer of Britain’

The Driftwood Spars Brewery in St Agnes has reached the final stages of the CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain Awards, with one of its beers fighting it out for the ultimate accolade. The winners will be announced at the Great British Beer Festival at Olympia 

Plein Air Painter Returns To Cornish Views

Plein Air Painter Returns To Cornish Views

This August and September, popular ‘plein air’ painter Mark Preston returns to Lighthouse Gallery in Penzance with a solo show of 35 new canvases, recording his frequent trips to paint outdoors in Cornwall over the last two years. The show will take place from 30th 

Cornish Producer Sweeps The Board At Charcuterie Awards

Cornish Producer Sweeps The Board At Charcuterie Awards

Duchy Charcuterie took the British Charcuterie Awards by storm last week, clinching seven awards in total including Best New Product. The awards were launched in 2018 to celebrate the quality and variety of British Charcuterie, and to promote understanding of this growing speciality food niche; 

A Sense Of Place: Rachael Mia Allen at Lighthouse Gallery

A Sense Of Place: Rachael Mia Allen at Lighthouse Gallery

An eagerly-anticipated solo show at Lighthouse Gallery in Penzance will shed light on an artist with a unique approach and a new-found confidence. Rachael Mia Allen has been absent from the gallery scene for some years as she took time out to focus on other 

Restauranteur Becomes Direct Buyer Of Fish

Restauranteur Becomes Direct Buyer Of Fish

Chef Ben Tunnicliffe has been granted a license to buy the daily catch direct from fishing vessels, making The Tolcarne Inn in Newlyn one of a handful of restaurants in Cornwall to use this license.  The ‘Certificate of Designation as a Buyer of First Sale 

Café to show collectable Porthmeor print series this summer

Café to show collectable Porthmeor print series this summer

Scarlet Wines, a coffee shop, restaurant and wine store in Lelant, will be home this summer to a collectable edition of prints by past and present artists from Porthmeor Studios in St Ives and Anchor Studio in Newlyn, which are owned and managed by the 

Cornish Wine Tourism Takes Off

Cornish Wine Tourism Takes Off

This summer, more visitors than ever before look set to visit Cornish vineyards as wine tourism comes of age on the south-facing, increasingly vine-covered slopes of the far west. Cornish Wine Tours, the first travel experience of its kind in Cornwall, is reporting a surge 

Cornish Producer Wins BBC Food and Farming Award

Cornish Producer Wins BBC Food and Farming Award

The Cornish Duck Company has won possibly the highest accolade in UK food production, scooping the title ‘Best Food Producer’ at the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2019. The prestigious awards were presented this month in a star-studded ceremony at City Hall in Bristol, where 

Travel Feature – Fal River

Travel Feature – Fal River

I really enjoyed researching and writing this feature about the wealth of food experiences available on and around the Fal River in Cornwall. From farmers markets to foraging, cookery schools to fine-dining restaurants, the area has so much to offer the food enthusiast. We also 

Travel Feature – Costa Rica

Travel Feature – Costa Rica

Cornwall Content has been indulging in a spot of travel writing recently. This feature on a trip to Costa Rica featured in The Western Morning News Saturday travel section this month, with more adventures to follow… The PDF can be viewed here – COSTARICA