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Taurus Crafts Specialises in Local & Seasonal Food from Local Suppliers and Our Own Gardens
Neals Yard	Cheese	The Neals Yard Creamery is a small dairy near Dorstone, overlooking the Wye Valley, Herefordshire. It makes fresh and mould-ripened goats cheeses and yoghurts and creme fraiche. Charlie Westhead has owned and run the Creamery since 1990 when he decided he wanted to try cheesemaking.
Madgets	Poultry	Madgetts produce exceptionally high quality free range poultry from a stunning location above the Wye Valley. Madgetts are a Rick Stein ‘Food Hero’. As a chef and broadcaster, Rick Stein has championed local foods.
Simon Weaver	Cheese	Simon Weavers’ award winning cow milk cheeses are now available from La Bodega. Simon is the third generation of his family to run Kirkham Farm near the village of Lower Slaughter. He produces 3 cheeses - Organic Cotswolds Brie, Blue-Veined Brie and Herb Brie
Severn Cider	Cider & Perry	Fruit selected from local orchards producing traditional varieties that offer vintage quality of fruit. Produced by the Bull family for three generations, Severn Cider is committed to conserving and propagating old traditional varieties. Recently established 'Box Kernel' in our orchards which is peculiar to the village of Awre. Produced by the Bull family for three generations.
Aux Bonnes Choses	Bread, Patisserie	Traditional French Baker Fabrice produces a range of breads , croissant and tarts. The real French thing!
Cowshill	Sausages	“Our concept of farming at Cowshill is based on the understanding that animals should be reared with kindness and respect. We recognise that their happiness is essential”.
Willo Game	Game	Former gamekeeper Will Oakley and his wife Deborah run a game dealership near the small welsh border market town of Bishops Castle in Shropshire. It is here that pheasants, partridges, mallard ducks, venison and woodpigeons gathered from the local estates are processed and dressed for the catering and wholesale trade. What started out as a small dealership 8 years ago has grown to supplying the European as well as the home market with superior British game. Willo Game won prestigious awards at the Guild of Fine Food Retailers at Olympia.
Tyrells Crisps	Crisps	Will’s Story.. ‘I grew up here at Tyrrells Court, and feel very lucky to have been brought up in this beautiful part of Herefordshire. I have been farming potatoes here at Tyrrells Court for the last twenty years. Most of the potatoes I grew I supplied to supermarkets, which often left me feeling detached – without any feedback or thanks from my end customers. With the continual price pressure from the supermarkets, I realised I had to change direction. I wanted to remain in farming, and produce a great tasting product that we could make out of our potatoes.’ And the rest is history—a wide range of range of potato and vegetable crisps and now a VODKA
Albet i Noya Vineyard	Wine	The Albet i Noya estate vines cover the western slopes of the Ordal mountain range , in the Penedes region. The vineyard follows the curves of the terrain in stepped terraces or on slopes exposed to the midday sun. Of the 101 hectares they control, 76 are given over exclusively to the cultivation of vines. The vineyard grows organically using modern techniques and is beginning to integrate biodynamic principles into the management of the vineyard. But they also have an interest in rediscovering local traditional varieties of grape. Trying to stem the tied of the ever present Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, to make more interesting distinctive wines. Whilst the Xarel·lo, Macabeu and Parellada were the varieties traditionally planted in the Penedès region, They were lost at the end of the 19th century with the Philloxera crisis. The Albet i Noya family started working with these traditional varieties in the early eighties. Their interest in traditional varieties continues with an ambitious project to test grape varieties lost to modern wine making but found growing in abandoned vineyards, They are test growing, making wine from and trialling wines to use these heritage grapes.