A cheese with personality? You betcha. And it’s got it by the bucket load! We’re delighted to introduce you to Burt’s Blue, the social butterfly of the cheese board with just the right amount of boldness. It really is the easy-going extrovert of the party.

We're thrilled to announce that Whitmore & White is now stocking doughnuts by the hugely popular Planet Doughnut! Locally produced and endlessly inventive, Planet Doughnut have an enormous following and we're very happy to have them available in store in Heswall and Frodsham.

The rumours are true - Heswall drinks so much gin that it had to open its own distillery! We jest of course, but it really is the case that we now have our own distillery right here in town, and they've burst onto the artisanal gin scene with a hyper-local Heswall Gin! We caught up with Jonpaul Stanhope and James White, founders, distillers, oh, and engineers...

Some of you may have noticed that our website is looking a little different all of a sudden! This is because we took the decision to move our entire in-store and online offering over to Shopify. During the first week of April 2021 we will be transitioning from our multiple existing software platforms, which we had bolted on to each other as we grew as a business.

The move will bring lots of benefits to you as customers and to us as business owners. However, there may be some temporary disruption to our online shop during this period in time, so please bear with us while we chase down all the gremlins and iron out all the kinks! If you spot one, please do let us know! 

Many people view craft beer as the younger, hip cousin of real ale. While both reject the blandness of mass-produced beers, real ale focuses solely on traditional brewing methods, with most served from a cask via a hand pump in the pub. In contrast, craft beer embraces experimentation and innovation in search of new tastes and styles. The result is modern craft brews with distinct personalities that upend the status quo - this is not your father's beer! So what does make a craft beer? 

We're thrilled to tell you that our award-winning Cava producer and huge customer favourite Vilarnau has launched a pioneering organic, vegan, alcohol free fizz!

Truffles are a kind of fungus that grow under the ground. They are among the most valuable foodstuffs in the world. While French and Italian truffles are famous, English truffles are less well known but still prized for their culinary value. In the 19th and early 20th centuries England had a moderately thriving truffle industry. 

Keeping our range of wine fresh and new is a constant challenge for us. Balancing the need to keep customer favourites and best sellers on the shelf, whilst constantly keeping the range new and interesting is difficult to do without ending up needing an aircraft hangar! Those of you who know our shops will know that we are the antithesis of "hangar" so from time to time we have a good old review of our range.

Those of you who know me will know that I often get accosted by all manner of people who announce apropos of nothing that they have made a beer. "I've done a beer" they blurt, breathless with excitement, "it's made of cabbages and MDF!". I'm not sure if that's what they really say, but I've usually tuned out by that point. Such is the prevalence of craft beer now, trying to find the good stuff has become a dark art. If the moon is just right, sometimes you win. And this time I feel like I've won...