We have some absolutely wonderful news to start the year! 😄🤩💫✨🌟💥🏆
Number 14! Wooohoooo! 🥳
This is now the fourth year we have made it into the Top 50 list alongside some incredible indie wine & spirit businesses.
Thank you to those that nominated us, the judges @harperswine , to all our customers, importers, winemakers, distillers, brewers & the other indies we share this beautiful market with.
Thanks for the kind words from Harpers about us. It is of course great to focus on the business side but it is the appreciation & understanding of how the team push things that always makes me so proud.
“Given how many challenges and headwinds have faced the trade in recent times, it’s fair to say the standard of entries has never been higher, with drinks offers backed by much evidence of innovation, discovery, excellence and imagination in customer communication and interaction, plus much else besides.”
“Cork & Cask have been busy driving its wholesale side forward by carefully tailoring an offer to their clients’ needs, the retail side of this popular Edinburgh fixture also hold bags of appeal. This indie champions a host of natural, organic and biodynamic producers, with an ever-changing global list of hand-curated wines, plus a great selection of whiskies and beers, all sold by a team that love to inspire.”
Thanks so much!
Pop in & see us soon for a celebratory high five! 🙌🏻
Jamie, India, Sam & Sandy
Woodrow’s of Edinburgh newest releases have caused quite a stir. 🥃🌾💥
It is great to see such interest & support for a local independent bottler who we have worked with for years now.
Clynelish 10 Year Old is a classic Highland single cask with all the hallmarks of the distillery’s signature style, precise, waxy, and quietly complex, bottled in a pure, unadulterated form.
Cambus 34 Year Old is a beautifully mature single grain, where long ageing has transformed a lighter spirit into something soft, complex, and quietly luxurious.
Ben Nevis 18 Year Old is a robust, characterful Highland malt, shaped by long ageing and a measured sherry influence that adds depth without overwhelming the distillate.
Glendronach 20 Year Old is a more restrained, quietly complex take on the distillery, where long ageing in refill wood allows spirit character to take the lead over cask influence.
Please pop in for a chat & a taster if you’d like to work out your favourite.
We have a great range of their whisky on the shelves currently & samples of:
Glendronach 20
Cambus 34
Clynelish 10
Glenrothes 11
Campbeltown 10
Burnside 14 Tawny Port
Burnside 14 Ruby Port
Plus their Jane Street whisky releases.
Thanks to Woody & Megan!
New Cantillon’s are here!
What a selection we now have!
Iconic Belgian Lambic beers. 🤩
Nath - with rhubarb
Cuvee Saint Gilloise
Sang Bleu - with blue honeysuckle berries
Saint Lamvinus - with red wine grapes
Vigneronne - with Viognier grapes
Kriek - with cherries
Grand Cru Bruocsella
Rose de Gambrinus - with raspberries
Gueuze
What’s a pickles favourite TV show? Dill or No Dill
🥒 We hope you guys relish these new beers!!!!
New Pickle beers in from Barney’s to be enjoyed with or without some Torres Pickle crisps!
We doubt the pickle beers will last until the end of the month when @barneybeer will be pouring at our Summer Fair, they have been absolutely flying out!
But the table will still have so many tasty things on it.
Grab your tickets & pickle beers in store or online. If you come in the shop then Sam may also tell you more pickle jokes. 🤹🏻♂️
Stenroth Events in May:
There's lots of opportunities to come say hi and try out some beers, including our birthday beer which is coming out very soon 👀
Sat 9th - @grassmarketbeerfest at Cold Town House from 12 - 6pm
Sat 9th - also @greatgrog Beer Fair at Greyfriars Charteris Centre from 1 - 5pm
Thu 14th - You're invited to our birthday party to celebrate the first year of Stenroth @otherworldbar.kitchen
Fri 29th - Sun 31 - @fynefest26 join us in the Glen all weekend
Sat 30th - @corkcask Summer Fair at Marchmont St Giles Church from 1 - 5pm
The Summer Fair is fast approaching!
Saturday 30th May from 1-5pm
Marchmont St Giles Church
We will have cocktails, sake, local spirits, wines, fizz, beer, cider & hot dogs!
It is a real taste across the whole shop!
Your £25 ticket includes all of your tasters on the day & gives you a 10% voucher for the shop.
Wooohoooo!
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New and returning ciders & perries from one of our favourites, Wilding.
We have four new releases. First, two ciders: Stoke Red, a single variety cider with bright acidity, classy tannins, and an elegant fruit profile that makes this Wilding’s favourite cider apple; and When the Fieldfares Come, a blend of bittersweet varieties that is easy going and fruity with good structure, perfect for sharing with an array of cheeses.
Next, two perries: Moorcroft, a special perry that showcases the ideal growing conditions of 2022. It is sweet with a high ABV, weighty and bold, featuring aromas of honeydew melon, lychee, butter bun, and pear drops. Then there is November, a late harvest perry with notes of poached pear, dates, and wild gooseberries.
Returning favourites include Wood for the Trees (a big hit last time!), Yellow Perry (the Vin Jaune-inspired perry), and finally Hive Mind (a fresh, bone-dry cider that is great for drinking with roast pork).
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We have lots of new Sake here at the shop!
Sakura season may be over in Japan but we felt the spring sunshine & blossom in Edinburgh needed celebrating.
We will have a full table of sake at our Summer Fair on May 30th to taste & chat about. Behind the table will be brilliant Fabio who owns @kome.izakaya
It will be a fascinating lineup of sake styles to explore.
If you’re a sake fan we hope you pop by the shop to see the range or we recommend you visit @kome.izakaya for a drink.
Tickets for the Summer Fair available online. 🎟️
Join Cork & Cask at Doodles on Marchmont Crescent for a lovely evening of creativity alongside Organic Spanish Wines.
This evening is olive themed! Make & paint a bowl suitable for serving everyone’s favourite Spanish olives. 🫒🫒🫒
Take away a complimentary tin of Perello olives with you when you leave. One tin per person.
Friday 12th June
At Doodles Pottery Studio
Starts 6.30pm
Ends 8.30pm
Tickets include 5 x wine tasters, your pottery creation & a tin of Perello olives. Over 18’s only.
DISCOVER A NEW REGION 🇪🇸🍇🍷
Ribera del Duero.
Sip your way around the vineyards & along the river…
This month we have been celebrating the wines of the Ribera del Duero in Spain. We have had free tastings every weekend to showcase red wines from this region.
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The Tempranillo grape is at the heart of Ribera, but it is more than just the grapes at play in these fantastic wines. Ribera is producing diverse & terroir focussed wines of exceptional quality. 🌱 ⛰️ 🍇
This region is North of Madrid on the Duero river (this becomes the Douro when it flows into Portugal) it sees hot summers & cold winters. The days see a lot of sunshine while the nights get chilly as the vines are all planted at high altitude, this really helps with the grapes acid development & ripening of flavours & tannins.
Expect lots of ripe black fruit, cassis, blackberry & plum flavours with a degree of vanilla, spice, leather & tobacco development depending how much oak aging the wine has seen.
We have 4 organic wines in from this region at the moment, ranging from £17.95 to £28.95 from three family wineries.
We highly recommend trying a wine from this region if you’re curious to see how Tempranillo can taste from outside its well known Rioja strong hold. They are great in all weathers & would accompany a BBQ as well as they would a Sunday Roast.
@riberadelduerouk
Here’s how to spend a spring day in Marchmont…
As part of #myshoplife26 here’s how I’d spend my day in my neighbourhood. 🛍️
Just a short walk from the castle there’s a quieter part of Edinburgh where you can get away from the crowds and relax in the local shops and cafes. So here’s what I’d do if I spent a day in Marchmont in spring.
🌸Check out the blossom on the Meadows
🧁Grab a treat from @sugardaddysedinburgh
🏡Pop into @marchmont_hardware for some homewares and treats for the furry ones 🐶😸
📚Spend time browsing the books at the @amnestybookshopedinburgh
🥗Grab the tastiest lunch @maraspicklery
🧣Design your own scarf @woolkind
🍷Grab a bottle of your favourite Pinot Noir @corkcask
🎨Paint your own pottery @doodlesceramicsworkshop
☕️Finish with some cake and a coffee (or Aperol! 🍹) @toast.marchmont
