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Nice feature on Feast - East Cork Food & Drink Festival in Food & Wine Ireland.

The week-long event, known as fEast Cork, takes place from 1st to 8th September 2019 and organisers say it will be the biggest and best to date. Based in Midleton but encompassing the wider region, the festival week promises a mix of dinners, markets, demonstration and conversations, as well as foraging, mixology, producers and the heritage and storytelling the region - and the island of Ireland is known for.

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We are very excited to welcome the ‘Celtic Equinox Retreat’ to Ballyvolane House from 23rd to 28th September 2019. Why not join Anne and Suzi, who plan to create a boutique experience that combines yoga, meditation and Ayurveda, along with treks to sacred sites around Ireland. Magali is based in France and has been developing the LYLIS program. This is a tender way to holistically connect with your true self, to discover and unfold your full potential.

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As part of FEAST EAST CORK FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL, we are delighted to be hosting a Bertha’s Revenge Gin Distillery Tour, Tasting and a long-table lunch at Ballyvolane House on Thursday, 5th September 2019.

We hope you can join us for what promises to be a fun and fascinating afternoon.

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We are chuffed to bits that Sloe Bertha won a Bronze Medal at the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) awards ceremony in London recently. Hugh thanks to the IWSC judges and tasting panel for selecting Sloe Bertha for a Bronze Medal. We are celebrating!

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We are delighted to have received this in the post last week - Tripadvisor 2019 Certificate of Excellence for Ballyvolane House.

Thank you to our Tripadvisor reviewers! Big thanks too to our brilliant staff who work tirelessly to delight our guests.

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We are looking forward to welcoming Clodagh McKenna and guests from Belmond Grand Hibernian to Ballyvolane House for a foraging trip and a Bertha’s Revenge Gin tasting next month.

Travel Writer Catherine Sabino writing for Forbes Magazine features Clodagh and how she has curated a gastronomy tour for the train. The article is entitled - Travel Ireland’s ‘Orient Express’ With This Cool Celebrity Chef.

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We are pleased to share this charming little film of the commissioning of our new gin still. The still was custom made for us by Carl in Germany. Many thanks go to Roger Overall of Show & Tell Communications for making the film. We hope you enjoy it.

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Delighted with this article on Ballyvolane House and Bertha’s Revenge Gin by Aisling O’Toole in ‘Ireland of the Welcomes Magazine’, May/June edition. Like the cover shot too. Thank you very much Aisling!

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