Jersey cow says hi!

Just back from Jersey with news of my latest FoodFinds. Naturally the seafood is out of this world: lobster, Chancre crab, gambas the size of my feet…. (although being allergic to too-large prawns and lobster meant I could but drool as my husband tucked in). But who knew of Jersey wine from La Mare vineyard – dry, crisp and great with oysters, or their Jersey apple brandy, distilled from their own-made cider, or their ‘black butter’ made from their own – and local – apples, crushed with a little liquorice and cider to make a blackish-preserve that will make a fabulous marinade for pork…?