Taste the Island - A Celebration of Ireland's Food and Drink - 2019 Buyers Guide

Ireland’s Ancient East Food & Drink Tours Business Name Contact Details Contact Number Website/Link Description Slane Food Circle Tours, Co. Meath Carina Mount Charles +353 (0) 41 9884861 www.rockfarmslane.ie Electric bike, self-drive or coach tours reveal the best in artisan cheese, oil, cider and whiskey making and organic and sustainable farming in the lush surrounds of the Boyne Valley. Meet producers and experience local food production through a unique farm-to-fork process. Foodtours.ie Dermot Seebury +353 (0) 86 3100562 www.foodtours.ie A one-day guided coach tour introducing award- winning artisan producers from Ireland’s North East region. Hear their stories, taste their food and pick up samples to take home with you. Fab Food Trails Cork, Cork city Eveleen Coyle +353 (0) 1 4971245 www.fabfoodtrails.ie/ dublin-tasting-trail Bakeries, food halls, street markets, cheesemongers, delicatessens and speciality shops: they’re all covered in this city walking tour. Meet traditional food traders alongside the new arrivals who marry international and contemporary tastes with great Irish produce. NEW Gallivanting Tours Lorraine O Dwyer +353 (0) 53 9100779 info@gallivantingtours.ie www.gallavanting.ie Join a food and heritage day tour through lushWexford countryside to learn how the Celtic and medieval past remains reflected in our food today. Explore the roots and evolution of traditional favourites like the ‘Full Irish’ breakfast, soda bread and smoked fish. NEW Whiskey and Beer Tour with Carlow Tours, Co. Carlow Bianka McDonagh +353 (0) 87 6509880 info@carlowtours.ie www.carlowtours.ie Custom-designed day trips and tours based in Carlow town at the heart of Ireland’s Ancient East. The dedicatedWhiskey and Beer Tour features top whiskey and gin distilleries plus samplings of local craft beers, interspersed with some memorable sightseeing. NEW Meet the Maker Tours, Co.Wicklow Mia Tobin +353 (0) 86 8382996 mia@breweryhops.com www.breweryhops.com This one-day tour in the county known as Garden of Ireland brings you behind the scenes of the indigenous Irish food and drinks industry, to connect with the real people who are bringing fantastic innovations to this vibrant sector. 52 SECT ION 8 – FOOD & DRINK TOURS & TRAI LS