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Seafood & More in a Day Tour

Seafood restaurant Scotland

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We are officially the ‘Best Luxury Food & Drink Tours Provider in Scotland’

I thought it was about time to shout it from the rooftops… Tasting Scotland was awarded the title of ‘Best Luxury Food & Drink Tours Provider in Scotland’ at the Scottish Enterprise Awards 2017 and I couldn’t be more proud. Awarded by SME News, these coveted awards aim to recognise outstanding service amidst the SMEs throughout the country (which are said to account for a staggering 99% of private sector businesses). So to say the competition was tough would be an understatement! Gaining this accolade for Tasting Scotland means the world. Customers who ...

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World Whisky Day

At the time of writing there is exactly 12 hours and 8 minutes until World Whisky Day....not that we are counting of course.Now in it's third year this annual celebration of all things Uisque Beatha; that's to say 'Water of Life' or 'Lively Water' based; if you want the translation from Gaelic, are quite literally toasted.Of course us Scots are known for being leaders in invention so it is no surprise that the idea for a World Whisky Day came from Aberdeen University Graduate, Blair Bowman, a Scot from Edinburgh.Tomorrow the day will be celebrated in no less than 176 ...

From Market Stalls to Spirit Stills: Celebrating Homecoming Scotland

We are often asked so how do you choose which Scottish produce to showcase on your food and drink walking tours?  Well, it generally depends on the weather and who has arrived at Scotland's largest Farmers' Market. With an incredible footfall of between 6-10,000 people per week, musicians plucking or drumming out tunes aplenty and of course the most incredible location with Edinburgh Castle as the backdrop, Edinburgh Farmers' Market is most definitely our favourite place to start.  Today we tried the 2 new oils from cold pressed rapeseed oil experts Summer ...

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The Foodies Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe started today (2 August, running until 26 August) and is the largest and best open-access arts festival in the world, containing a wide range of shows and events.  Edinburgh is as crazy busy as it gets and it is a fabulous time to be in our capital city. Out and about on our Edinburgh Food & Drink Walking Tour yesterday we came across a huge number of advertising posters for the shows and events, many of which had references to food or drink. The first one to catch our eye was Comedian Andrew Maxwell’s show entitled ‘Banana ...

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Asparagus as fresh as a daisy

There is always something magical about taking a group of people who appreciate the finer things in life on one of our food and drink day tours, but when you are visiting one of the most highly regarded asparagus farms in the country and visiting what we now know to be the Scotland’s Restaurant of the Year, the bar is raised to an altogether different level.As with all our food and drink based experiences we want you to gain a real flavour of Scotland’s top class products and the people who produce with both passion and pride.  There was no better place to start last ...