Our North Wales holiday cheers

My previous North Wales blog posts have been about the fabulous places we visited, this post is dedicated to raising our glasses... iechyd da.

This holiday we brought with us six wines from our cellar. Quite a mixed selection including a Welsh wine from White Castle. 

We visited Chirk Castle on the way so I picked up a bottle of their fortress ale to try and a few Welsh beers were a must have addition to our food shop prior to arriving at Deganwy.

But our first glass raised to iechyd da was outside the Castle View pub about a mile down the road from our apartment. It was the perfect end to our first day, a pint overlooking the estuary and Conwy Castle after enjoying a fish supper.

As mentioned we brought with us a bottle of Welsh wine, White Castle is in South Wales. 

Siegerrebe is a lovely dry wine having a light gold colour in the glass. There's lots of peach, orange and floral notes in both its aroma and flavour. 

This was very welcome after a long day out in Llandudno.

Our apartment certainly had great views, perfect for relaxing with a beer after a day sightseeing. I can't remember which of our beers this was but they were all very enjoyable.

Faugères is one of my favourite French wines, it's not one we drink often but maybe we should as it's delicious, a perfect match for our Sunday dinner.

We have previously visited Porthmadog and the Purple Moose Brewery. Their beer is really good, it was great to discover it in many of the shops.

There's nothing more enjoyable or needed after a long 3 mile walk than a glass of wine looking back to where you've come from. We walked from our apartment to Conwy, the Liverpool Arms the perfect spot looking across to Deganwy.

A little further down the estuary was a great pub in the Marina. The Mulberry is so named as thus estuary was used to build the Mulberry Harbours used in Northern France in World War II. 

We didn't know this before visiting, yet again our life is linked in strange ways as we toured the Normandy beaches in 2022 with our friends ad saw the remains of these incredible structures.

We overlook the marina and pub from our apartment, it was nice to look the other way.

What a super week of cheers and good health both in and out and about. Of course we also enjoyed many cups of coffee and non-alcoholic drinks but the wine and beer were definitely the highlights!