Where to Buy
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WHERE TO BUY
Drumbeg Stores (page 36)
In addition to the shops listed below, North Highland produce can be found at local farmers’ markets (see p.46) or obtained directly from producers featured elsewhere in the guide. Entries are grouped into four geographical areas, and within each area entries are sorted alphabetically.
CAITHNESS & NORTHEAST SUTHERLAND Berry Good Tiree Cottage, Watten KW1 5YJ 01955 621623, berry-good.co.uk
GUIDES
Caithness Cheese The Moorings, Occumster, Lybster KW3 6AX 01593 721309, caithnesscheese.co.uk
Caithness Cheese is a family business, owned and run by Highland natives Sandy and Sandra Sutherland and two of their four sons. Twenty years ago the family revived the once-popular Caithness Cheese brand at their croft, perched high on the cliffs above Occumster Bay. They purchased their own small herd of dairy cows and set out to revive and maintain the rich heritage of the creamy, mild cheese. From these small, optimistic beginnings, the Sutherlands now produce the original plain and mature Caithness cheeses and several eye-catching flavours, which are available to purchase via their website.
Jill Brown uses traditional methods to infuse her vodkas and gins with local berries. As well as the original Straight Strawberry and Really Raspberry varieties, other drinks in the range now include strawberry, raspberry and blackcurrant gin, while collaborations with local businesses have resulted in a blackcurrant gin jelly preserve and blackcurrant gin chocolate. Berry Good products are available to buy via the website and from a variety of outlets in the North Highlands.
Caithness Chocolates
Blackstairs Fish Sales
Caithness Free Range Eggs
9 Lower Dunbar Street, Wick KW1 5AR 01955 603116, blackstairsfish.co.uk Tue–Fri 9am–5pm; Sat 10am–2pm (summer only). Closed Sun/Mon.
Lochquoy Farm, Thurso KW14 8TE 01847 821417, caithnessfreerangeeggs.co.uk Visitors welcome – please call ahead.
This family-run Wick fishmonger covers both the retail and wholesale markets, supplying a number of local hotels and restaurants. Their fresh fish is bought only from Scottish boats, and is sourced daily from Scrabster fish market. The wide range of fish available includes the familiar haddock, cod, salmon, halibut, monkfish, scallops and crab, as well as smoked fish from their own onsite smokehouse. The shop also stocks a variety of groceries and a good range of local produce, including locally milled Golspie oatmeal.
This 100-acre family holding, owned and operated by Mike and Liz Armitage together with son Pete, has been producing eggs for more than a decade, and healthy, happy hens are paramount to their success. Each of the five laying paddocks boasts specially built housing for the poultry, complete with sizeable foraging areas for each facility. Freshness is undisputed, with their own Lion-assured packing centre on the farm ensuring the eggs reach the shelves quickly and in tip-top condition. A recent diversification has also seen them move into duck egg production.
Wick 07887 697152, caithnesschocolate.co.uk
Caithness Chocolates was established in 2011 by Wick native Ruth Falconer. Enticing products in the range include chocolate figures and lollipops, liqueur chocolates and indulgent truffles, using local and sustainable produce wherever possible. Caithness Chocolates are available to buy from a variety of local stockists and via the website.
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