Waterford’s passionate food producers, sustainable farmers, and food foragers have collaborated to offer visits and a chance to enjoy access to food producer locations, and farms and enjoy some delicious local produce under the backdrop of the county’s Comeragh Mountain range on a Taste Waterford Mountain Splendour Tour.
Richard Povey, Taste Waterford project manager says, “Waterford is home to many food growers and market gardens and farms of all kinds, the landscape is diverse with 2 mountain ranges a 147km coastline, and the great rivers of the Suir and the Blackwater - all of these assets create a diverse and thriving food story and we are delighted to be able to share an authentic insight into our award-winning and sustainable food scene on the Mountain Splendour Taste Tour this summer.”
This summer there will be guided Mountain Splendour Tours on offer on June 14th, July 19th, August 23rd, and September 27th; each tour departs at 10 am and returns at 4 pm to The Granville Hotel in Waterford City - where the chance to enjoy their award-winning breakfast before you depart is also on offer.
Tour Guide Johnny Landers says, “Visitors on the Mountain Splendour Tour are in for a feast for the senses and a tour with a huge diversity of offerings. It’s not often that you get a chance to get out into the fields, meet the producers, meet the animals, hand-pick some food yourself, and hear how many sustainable farming practices of old are the future of food, so this tour is certainly unique and a treat for all who come along to enjoy it.”
The tour concludes at Willie’s farmyard cafe ‘Cooney’s Yard’ where visitors will enjoy a delicious lunch of seasonal produce inside this stunning converted barn Cafe. Tickets for tours are available at 110.00 per person (including lunch and transport) for further details on the Taste Waterford Mountain Splendour Tour see https://tastewaterford.ie/ or https://tastewaterford.ie/experience/tours/mountain-splendour-taste-tour/
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