Chardonnay spritzer with elderflower - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 78825 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 83.01 CAPRIFOLIACEAE Sambucus nigra | Entry Book Number | 3:2005 | |
| Artefact Name | Chardonnay spritzer with elderflower | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Chardonnay spritzer with elderflower | Geography Description | Gloucestershire | ||
| Uses | Chardonnay spritzer with elderflowerUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Spirit | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Helen Sanderson | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/11/2005 | Donor Notes | Bottle Green Drinks Company, Frogmarsh Mill, South Woodchester, Stroud, Glos GL5 5ET | ||
| Collector | Helen Sanderson | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 18/06/2002 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | 20 t (half of the total harvest) is collected from the wild. Wild flowers are picked in May-June by ca. 600 pickers, varying from occasional day-collectors (often holidaymakers) to regular annual collectors. Wild flowers are collected mainly from Gloucest, ershire. The remaining half is organically cultivated on a local farm by Richard Kelley (Thistledown Farm, Tinkley Lane, Nympsfield, Stonehouse, Glos GL10 3UL).x0Dx0ABottle Green use ca. 40 t flowers/year and half of this (20 t) is still obtained from the wil, d (see above). x0Dx0AThe processing plant employs 30 FTE (but other drinks are also processed here). Product is sold in most supermarkets and other outlets such as the National Trust and various visitor centres.x0Dx0APickers paid: ca. £2.60/kg flowersx0Dx0A | ||||