Hey guys,

I find myself once again apologising for not having updated my blog as much I would liked to have. Due to the lack to time available at events,(I’m too busy telling everyone about Black Bottle you see), it’s not always easy to find time to type up some decent news for you guys. Having said that, hopefully this week’s blog will go some way to making up for the lack of content. I’m going to blog about Birmingham this week and next week I’ll tell you all about my adventures round London at the London Taste Festival in Regents Park. I don’t want you to get too excited all at once.

My travels started a few weeks back going to the Summer Good Food Show (SGFS) in Birmingham. The SGFS is a huge indoor and outdoor event over 5 days in the Birmingham NEC where 120, 000 visitors get the opportunity to come and sample great produce from across the world and then take advantage of show prices. It was a great show for Black Bottle, we managed to sample 16k people over the 5 days and we sold all the stock that I had taken down to the show. For those of you who did miss out however, remember that in England and Wales you can purchase Black Bottle in all good Tesco’s and Sainsbury’s, as well as online. Remember to keep an eye out for it!

Highlights of the show for me included the banter from my team at the show; I’d like to thank Scott, Verity, Sharon and Kate for all your hard work. They are all big Black Bottle fans and their endless micky taking of myself ensured the long days were all the longer. Other highlights included having to repeatedly knock back offers for the Jalopy from show visitors – to the point that we had to write on a chalk board that the van wasn’t for sale. I have to add that some of the offers were very reasonable and if we ever decide to sell it, you’ll hear it here first.

I have added a few pictures below; make sure you check them out. As always if you have any comments or questions make sure you add them below.

Enjoy the rest of your week,
Darroch