A Touch of Home

As I am a German guy, I admire meat more than anything else regarding food. It took me quite a long time to find what I had been looking for since I came to England - great sausages! I love sausages and I bought some at several supermarkets, but I couldn't find any sausage which was comparable to "my sausages" in Germany. But then I came up with delicious sausages produced by Wicks Manor Farm. I already told you that I tried its fantastic ham, but as I'm speechless regarding the sausages I have to write about a product of this farm again.

Pork and Mustard Sausages

Scrumtious Oysters

To be honest, I didn't want to write about sea food because I'm not an expert in it, but then I went to Colchester with a couple of friends to visit this beautiful town in Essex. As this was an exhausting trip, a friend proposed to eat something which is produced or grown locally. We came up with Richard Haward's Oysters, which didn't really convince me, because I usually don't like things I haven't tried before. But after having tried the oysters, I am proud to say I'm a big fan of oysters now!

Awesome in taste - Oysters

Better than French Wine...

What is better than having a nice wine for dinner? Right, there is almost nothing comparable to a good wine. I usually prefer nice French wines because they have an outstanding quality, but then i heard of Carter's Vineyards in Colchester. A friend told me that they produce the best English wine and that i should really try it. So I went to Carter's Vineyard, bought a bottle of King Koel red wine and was impressed when I first tried it. Incredible flavour, this wine is better than any wine I ever drank before!

Magnificent Wine

Carter's Vineyards is a very small business, providing its customers with a good service, high standards and quality wines . It is run by Ben Bunting who is a vineyard enthusiast and puts a lot of effort in his business. His love and devotion is the reason for the company's brilliant reputation and his customers are always satisfied with his great wines. If you like wine, there is no way to circumvent Carter's Vineyards wine, especially the exciting King Koel, a red wine with complex flavours of redcurrants, raspberries and liquorice and gentle tannins from its eleven months ageing in French oak barrels. Besides, it has already won several awards, for example East Anglian Wine of the Year 2006, Founders Trophy 2006 and Gold Medal Winner 2006.

If you want to visit, call or buy a product of this local producer, I have provided the address, the telephone number and e-mail-address below:

 Carter's Vineyards

Green Lane, Boxted
Colchester
Essex
CO4 5TS

Tel: +44 (0) 1206271136
Email: enquiries@cartersvineyards.co.uk

 

Healthy, Tasty, Fresh - Fruit

Do you like apples? If  your answer is yes, I have got the right farm for you to buy them. The Park Fruit Farm near Frinton-on-sea on the Essex-Suffolk boarder grow more than 40 varieties of fresh, organic and tasty apples. I have been to the farm and I have to admit that I was really overwhelmed by the friendliness and kindness there. As the range of different varieties of apples is so astonishing, I couldn't choose which apples to buy, so they let me try all the apples I wanted to...

Park Fruit Farm Apples

Yummy, Yummy! Delicious Marmalade for Breakfast!

Orange marmalade is my favourite marmalade, that's why I came across with Wilkin & Sons organic orange marmalade. This marmalade tastes absolutely delicious and I can entirely recommend it, because it is almost perfect.

Delicious Marmalade

Wilkin & Sons own almost 1,000 acres of farmland in and around the village Tiptree. It ensures a very high quality of its products, as Wilkin & Sons sorts every single fruit by hand before the fruit reaches the boiling pans. The farm has an excellent reputation and also a lot of visitors because they have a museum. So if you like marmalade you should really go to Wilkin & Sons at Tiptree and buy one of their organic and tasty marmalades!

If you want to visit, call or buy a product of this local producer, I have provided the address, the telephone number and e-mail-address below:

Wilkin & Sons Limited

Tiptree

Essex CO5 0RF

Tel: 01621-815407

Email: tiptree@tiptree.com

A worldwide-known Salt...

Have you ever heard of Maldon Salt? I had heard of it before I came to England, but I hadn't known that it was a small family run business in Essex. Maldon Salt is a high quality, unique and prestigious produce which is still hand-harvested and known all over the world...

Maldon Salt

Golden Cheese for Everyone

When talking of local produce in the counties Essex and Suffolk, there is probably one thing which must not be missing - dairy products and especially cheese from Suffolk! Suffolk Farmhouse Cheeses have 2 main cheeses, the Suffolk Gold and the Suffolk Blue cheese and they both are untouchable in flavour...

 

Suffolk Gold Cheese

The best ham I've ever eaten...

If you are a meat fanatic as I am, I can really advise you to try Wicks Manor Farm's ham. This succulent ham has a great flavour and is available in different types, you can either have smoked or unsmoked ham or even honey roasted ham.

Tasty Ham

Since I tried this ham first, I've never tried any other ham, because in my eyes it is the best ham in the world! Wicks Manor Farm ham is butchered, cured and cooked on the farm in their ham room, which was especially built for this produce. The reason I love Wicks Manor Farm is that the pigs are born and bred on the farm and that they have plenty of space to live and enjoy their lives. Wicks Manor's pigs are happy, and that's why the ham is so delicious. The pigs are sent to a local abattoir before being returned to our licensed cutting plant on the farm. A short trip to the abattoir means the meat quality is fantastic. If you want to try ham, try Wicks Manor's ham and you won't be disappointed!


If you want to visit, call or buy a product of this local producer, I have provided the address, the telephone number and e-mail-address below:

Wicks Manor

Witham Road

Tolleshunt Major

Maldon

Essex CM9 8JU

Tel: 01621 860629

Email: fergushowie@wicksmanor.co.uk

Lovely, Marvellously - Honey!

As you all know I am a real enthusiast regarding local produce in Suffolk and Essex, that's why I really love Suffolk honey from the Maple Farm. This honey is referred to as "sweet Suffolk sunshine", it is smooth and pale and easily spreadable, which makes it a pleasure to eat. But why does it taste so tremendous? The reason is the farm's philosophy...

Delicious Beer from Chelmsford

My first beer in Chelmsford a few of months ago was a Brewers Gold from the Crouch Vale Brewery. This local beer's taste is really delicious with its 4% and I really enjoyed drinking it, as it has wonderful aromas and flavour from carefully selected ingredients... 

Brewers Gold Beer

Aspall Cyder - a must for everyone...

Before I came to England, I had never heard of Cyder in my life. As I really love the Counties Essex and Suffolk and their local produce, I thought I should try Cyder which is locally produced. One of my friends recommended Aspall Suffolk Cyder because according to him this was the best Cyder he has ever drunk...

Aspall Suffolk Cyder

Amazing Suffolk Apple Juice!

Usually I don't really like apple juices, because they are too sweet for me, but then I came up with James White Apple Juice, which is made in Suffolk near Ipswich. This fresh and delicious apple juice is simply brilliant and it is freshly pressed at White's Fruit Farm in Ashbocking in Suffolk. The Juice is filtered and bottled immediately to assure the fresh flavour and aroma of the apples.

James White Apple Juices