FOR MARCH BRAES O GOWRIE SPARKLING ELDERFLOWER

Founders Ron and Judith Gillies first met playing poker on a river boat in the steaming mosquito infested mangroves of the Panamanian jungle. Their eyes met and they knew then that they were going to end up making fruit wines somewhere in the middle of Scotland for a living. The rest is geography.  They started the winery with a bottle, a book and a stick in 1987. Then before they knew it they had a big winery and everything. By 2010 they had opened their first café and bought a new wheelbarrow.  They then went on to make cider and now added this Multi award winning Sparkling Elderflower and Elderberry drinks from wildflowers and our own Bourtree orchards (Bourtree is the Scottish name for the Elder bush).