Clodagh Davis makes Naturally Cordial from whole fruit in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford — using local produce, organic citrus, and no artificial additives. Multiple Blas na hÉireann gold medallist, stocked in SuperValu, Dunnes, and independent stores across Ireland.
Tag: Artisan
Named for the great river that runs through west Waterford, Blackwater Distillery has become one of Ireland’s most respected micro-distilleries — producing gins, whiskeys, and liqueurs that taste unmistakably of where they come from.
Liam McDonnell named his cider business Legacy because the apple orchards he uses were planted by his grandfather in the 1930s. From Dungarvan Business Park, he makes a gluten-free, vegan-friendly craft cider from just three carefully chosen apple varieties.
In 2011, Gráinne Walsh and Tim Barber founded Metalman because craft beer in Ireland was not yet a thing. They helped make it one. Fourteen years on, they’re still one of the most respected names on the Irish craft beer scene.
The Harty family has been working the waters of Dungarvan Bay since 1835. Today they produce over 600 tonnes of award-winning triploid Gigas oysters from one of Ireland’s most nutrient-rich coastal environments — and they’ve been at it long enough to know exactly what they’re doing.
Irish-Israeli couple Nicola and Dvir brought the flavours of the Middle East to the seaside town of Tramore, and built something genuinely special: a deli, café and producer whose lavosh flatbreads are now stocked in over 80 stores nationwide.
The Pure Food Company makes hand-crafted pestos, harissa, sauces and preserves from locally grown organic produce, native wild plants, and their own fruit and veg. Multiple award-winners — and everything exactly as pure as the name suggests.
Marie Power grew up on the Copper Coast of Co. Waterford and has spent nearly two decades teaching people to understand, harvest, and cook with Irish seaweed. The Sea Gardener is part food producer, part educator, part force of nature.
Brian and Yvonne Dillon are Ballymaloe-trained chefs who set up Nutrilicious Food Co in Dungarvan in 2016. Their range of clean, nutritious meals, snacks, and curry pastes is free of preservatives, additive-free, and available in Ardkeen and at Dungarvan market.
Since 1921, Walsh’s Bakehouse on Mount Sion Avenue has been one of the custodians of the Waterford Blaa — Ireland’s most famous protected bread, and the morning ritual of a city. Three generations and a hundred years later, the rolls are still perfect.