So 1st November is upon us and it is now only just over eight weeks to Christmas......once halloween and Bonfire night go we find it goes really quickly here now until Christmas. We have already seen a step change in the amount of enquiries and orders in our Christmas Hampers 2011 range, as many of you have recognised time is ticking on too quickly!
We wanted to tell you about the Flavours of Hereford Food festival that we took part in the weekend before last - this was such a fantastic event! Jean-Christophe Novelli was the celebrity chef over the two days and he was such a gentleman to not only the many visitors but also the stall holders. The feedback he gave us about our Christmas Hampers 2011 range was superb, as was the feedback from so many of you. We want to thank all of you who came to see us, purchased and placed orders for gifts and Christmas hampers - both at the festival and since - we very much appreciate this. We also wanted to thank the great organisers of the Festival - Jenny Beard and her team were wonderful, as were the local church that provided constant hot drinks and cakes over the two days. Quite simply this is our favourite festival, not only because of the many visitors, but the whole friendliness of everyone over the weekend.
So let's give you some ideas for Christmas hampers 2011, with what were our most popular Christmas Hampers from the Food Festival. Our most popular over the weekend, was the Taste of Herefordshire Gift Tray, which is not just exclusive to people that live in Hereford - this since being added to our hamper range in the summer has been very popular and is ordered and received by people living in all different parts of the country.
Our other popular Christmas hampers are the Christmas Gin and Chocolates and Christmas Vodka and Chocolates. The feedback we get on these is that the Gin and Vodka are unique, coming from the Penderyn distillery, which is the only Welsh distillery - people like to send Christmas hampers that are a little bit different. No Christmas gift is then complete without the luxurious Christmas chocolates and truffles and these are wonderfully, handmade in Wales and delicious.
Talking of Penderyn our Christmas Whisky hampers were another popular treat at the food festival. You can choose from the Christmas Whisky boxed Gift set hamper, the Christmas Whisky Gift Selection hamper or the Christmas Triple Whisky Set hamper. The packaging on all of the Penderyn sets is pure luxury and you can choose from Nosing Glass sets, three miniature different types of Welsh Whisky or the luxurious larger bottle of Welsh whisky. Some of the accompaniments in these luxury Christmas hampers range from handmade, Welsh, Cheese to handmade, delicious Chocolates and truffles.
We are taking part in a Christmas Fair the day after tomorrow in aid of a great cause - the Samaritans. This is taking place at the Chase Hotel in Ross on Wye, so if you can come and see us and support this wonderful charity, we would love to see you. We will update you further on our Christmas Hampers 2011 range following this on Thursday and let you know what the popular gift choices are.