To my mind Julian Temperley is the best drink producer in the country. Not only has he rescued and kept going traditional cider apple varieties to produce excellent cider, but he also makes cider brandy that’s on a par with some of the great Calvados produced in France. There is a single variety Kingston Black apéritif, which is particularly good. Ever resourceful, Julian managed to rescue some of the oak barrels washed up on Branscome beach from the Napoli disaster, which he now uses to age some of his cider brandy, appropriately re-named Shipwreck. We also recently celebrated the release of his 20-year-old cider brandy. Julian’s neighbour’s morello cherries get steeped in his apple eau-de-vie, which we use to make our house cocktail, the Hix Fix.