This Summer has seen many inns, guest houses and independent hotels cashing in on the emerging popularity of alcohol-free beers. Taste and production techniques have improved greatly in the past couple of years, with some of the biggest breweries this year beginning to supply their zero-alcohol products to bars and inns across the UK.
For an analysis and a little insight into how stepping Growing just as fast is the English wine market, where year-on-year supply of premium wine has now reached dependable levels, and high-end boutique hotels are now listing the in their restaurants. In recent years English wines have won a wide range of impressive international awards and more, and more suppliers are listing it. We visit Denbies Vineyard - which also happens to have a luxury hotel at its heart – for the story on English wine and its growing relationship with the on trade (page 10).