THE Prince of Wales visited the first organic farmhouse distillery in the UK as part of the royal tour of mid and west Wales.
Prince Charles was welcomed by John Savage-Onstwedder, the founder of award-winning Dà Mhìle Distillery at Glynhynod Farm, Llandysul, and also a driving force behind the renowned Caws Teifi Cheese.
The Prince then discussed, with farm manager Robert-Jan Savage-Onstwedder, organic farming and in particular the Welsh Black cattle kept at the farm.
Distillery manager John-James Savage-Onstwedder took the Prince on a tour of the distillery where he saw the distillation process of Welsh Gin the maturation of the highly-anticipated Welsh Whisky.
Once in the tasting gallery, the Prince sampled some of the distillery’s produce and went around talking to the visitors.
As he did so, he enjoyed an organic G&T and relished speaking to all the assembled guests.
After the Prince’s tour of the distillery and tasting gallery, John Savage-Onstwedder thanked the Prince for his visit.
“Sir, from one grandfather to another, and I believe you will concur with me when I say that if our grandchildren and their children are to have any viable future at all it will surely have to be far more sustainable than it is now,” he said as the Prince nodded in agreement before unveiling a plaque commemorating the visit and signed the visitors’ book.
Prince Charles was then given a hamper of distillery produce and a bouquet of wild flowers by two of the founder’s grandchildren.
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