Category Archives: Drink
International Wine Challenge
Earlier this month the Yorkshire Post’s wine writer Christine Austin invited readers to compete for a place as her apprentice at the prestigious International Wine Challenge. We were delighted when Squidbeak’s wine writer Helen Scott, won the place. Now read … Continue reading
Real Staithes Walk and Picnic
We’ve long championed Staithes, one of our favourite places along the coast and now we want to tell you about a terrific day out. Real Staithes is a two hour low tide walk along the Staithes foreshore led by a … Continue reading
Le Squidbeak Tour
In case you’ve had your head under the duvet, the 20th Tour de France starts off from Leeds Town Hall on the 5th July and after 191km of pedaling they reach Harrogate (don’t they know it’s only 25km?) . The … Continue reading
The Wine Academy
We’ve written about Karen Hardwick’s monthly wine dinners before, and make no apologies for flagging up her latest series of courses and dinners for January and February because Karen is one of the most passionate and least pompous wine educators … Continue reading
The Golden Ball update
We reported recently about the planned community buy-out of the Golden Ball, one of York’s traditional, unspoilt, neighbourhood pubs. Well they did it! A co-operative of 183 members raised enough money to buy the lease with all profits being … Continue reading
The Maven Cocktail Bar
We discovered The Maven Cocktail Bar a few months ago while ‘researching’ the pubs and bars of Leeds. Well, someone’s got to do it, and we think you’ll love it, we did. Finding it is the first challenge. So cool … Continue reading
International Wine Challenge 2013
Two of our independent wine merchants have picked up gongs in the International Wine Challenge – arguably the largest scale awards in the UK. Byrne’s in Clitheroe, already one of Squidbeak’s favourite places to browse and buy has been named … Continue reading
York Wine Club
We’ve long been fond of the York Beer and Wine Shop, a specialist shop tucked away off Fishergate that does what it says and more. Jim Helsby is the man behind it and a bit of a York legend. There’s … Continue reading
Flourish & Prosper
Helen wrote about Flourish & Prosper earlier this year when owner Sean Welsh selected half a dozen autumn wines for us. We were so taken with his selection, his wonderful shop in Howden and his wife Julie’s delicatessen, that they … Continue reading
Real Ale with CAMRA in Sheffield
Last month some old friends of ours signed up for a CAMRA weekend in Sheffield. It was quite a commitment to real ale since they live in Oxford. No doubt most of the pubs will be familiar to local ale … Continue reading