Discover Local Produce with Hampshire Fare

How Refreshing: Tipples & Tours

Hampshire’s award-winning drinks scene is diverse and exciting. It ranges from spirits using locally foraged botanicals to microbreweries producing imaginative craft beers and traditional real ales, plus golden ciders, honeyed meads, and a growing wine industry with fizz that rivals Champagne’s.

Soft drinks include the juiciest juices, pure natural waters, non-alcoholic cocktails, small batch roasted coffees, and a Black Mitcham Peppermint Tea that is so exceptional its producer, Summerdown, picked up the coveted title of BBC Food & Farming Awards’ Best Drinks Producer.

Quench your thirst for local at independent bars, cafes, pubs and restaurants or pick up a bottle, can or pack of something delicious from local retailers such as delis, farm shops, village stores and Southern Co-op stores.

However, you can also discover the story behind your favourite tipple as many local drinks producers offer brewery, distillery or winery tours and tastings. Some Hampshire Fare drinks producer members also host a variety of experiences, including make-yourown-gin classes, botanical foraging sessions, cocktail masterclasses, historic brewery tours, tutored beer tastings, sunset vineyard tours, wine pairing presentations and afternoon teas among the vines. What a refreshing way to discover local.

Cheers!