{"id":2472,"date":"2022-12-02T18:51:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2022-12-02T18:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:51:48","slug":"the-countdown-to-christmas-begins-with-waitrose-food-drink-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/the-countdown-to-christmas-begins-with-waitrose-food-drink-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Countdown to Christmas Begins with Waitrose Food &#038; Drink Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the unseasonably warm weather, Tory blunders and economic woes stealing the headlines so far this winter, it seems to have been one of the slowest starts to the festive season ever.<\/p>\n<p>That all changed last weekend though as the awe-inspiring Waitrose Food &amp; Drink Festival hit London, helping the excitement around Christmas, and in particular, Christmas drinking, to begin in earnest.<\/p>\n<p>Held at Tobacco Dock, not far from the City of London, the sell-out event showcased Waitrose\u2019s monumental portfolio from right across the spectrum of drinks with our fantastic five &#8211; Conker, Goslings, Hern\u00f6, Einstok and White Heron all in attendance.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2477\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture1-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture1-1.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2476\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture2-1-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture2-1-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture2-1.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 85vw, 173px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2475\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture3-1-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture3-1-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture3-1.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 85vw, 170px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2474\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture4-138x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture4-138x300.png 138w, https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture4.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 85vw, 138px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The perfect opportunity to sample, sell and engage with Waitrose\u2019s discerning consumers, the weekend\u2019s special masterclasses also enabled producers such Rupert Holloway from Conker to run special tastings and educate visitors on the intricacies of their products.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2473\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture5-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture5-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Picture5-1.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Samantha Burke, Managing Director of Love Drinks, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the discerning drink lover, the Waitrose Food &amp; Drink Festival was the perfect opportunity to learn, sample and engage with some of the finest artisan producers, craftspeople and brands from around the world of drinks. It was awesome to be involved and it really increases the excitement levels ahead of the key festive season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the unseasonably warm weather, Tory blunders and economic woes stealing the headlines so far this winter, it seems to have been one of the slowest starts to the festive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/the-countdown-to-christmas-begins-with-waitrose-food-drink-festival\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Countdown to Christmas Begins with Waitrose Food &#038; Drink Festival&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2478,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions\/2478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/lovedrinks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}