Yorkshire whisky distillery wins Yorkshire Post Rural Award
The team at Yorkshire's first single malt whisky distillery is celebrating after winning a regional business award.
Hunmanby-based Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery's Filey Bay Single Malt won the Rural Product of the Year award at the seventhYorkshire PostRural Awards that was held in Harrogate on 28thSeptember.
Spirit of Yorkshire's Marketing Director, Jenni Ashwood, was proud to receive the award on behalf of the distillery team: "Although we ship Filey Bay whisky all over the world, Yorkshire is our home and our heartland, so it's a real honour to be awarded best rural product at these awards that celebrate the best of Yorkshire."
Spirit of Yorkshire faced competition from Glencroft, Mr Moo's and Tancred Farm Shop to win the award.
Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery is home to Yorkshire's first single malt whisky, Filey Bay, and is one of only a handful of field-to-bottle distilleries worldwide that grows 100% of the barley used in its whisky production.
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Photograph caption: Left to right: Amy Couch, Amy Teasdale, Jenni Ashwood, Libby Arnell, Claire Ball Team members with the Yorkshire Post Award
For more information or to arrange an interview with Jenni Ashwood, please contact Tracey Baty at three60 marketing on:
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Notes to editors
1. For more information about Spirit of Yorkshire, please visit https://www.spiritofyorkshire.com/
2. For more information about the Yorkshire Post Rural Awards, please visithttps://www.yorkshirepostruralawards.co.uk/