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We’ve won a traveller’s choice award 2022!
Every year, Tripadvisor celebrates attractions that consistently deliver brilliant experiences with a Travellers' Choice Award—and this year, we are proud to say we are part of an exclusive group, ranking among the top 10% of listings on Tripadvisor. Our one-of-a-kind...

Marine Conservation Society
Marine Conservation Society are a team of individuals working around the UK to help to keep our waters clean, and to help to conserve our diverse array of ocean species. From cleaning beaches, to shaping government policies, they are here to help to keep our seas...

‘Smoked water from Wales is taking the culinary world by storm’
In the past couple of weeks, our Smoked Water has been featured in several well-regarded publications. Our thanks go to Richard Vine in the first instance, who wrote the original piece for Bloomberg. Bloomberg: “For anyone else, you would say, ‘No, you don’t normally...

Edible Manhattan: Seaweed, Salt + Dragon’s Breath
The following is an extract from an article published in Edible Manhattan, written by Matthew Karkutt. --- Traveling to Wales with five food media folks and four chefs felt like a certain fantasy novel. Like any good fellowship on a quest, it required a map at its...

Conde Nast Traveller: ‘The Best Sea Salt in the World Comes From Wales’
The following is an extra from an article published in Conde Nast Traveller, written by Jessica Colley-Clarke. --- And it all has to do with seahorses. The first step in making Halen Môn’s exceptional sea salt is to follow the seahorses. In 1983, Alison and David...

Video: Fish Story
Sometime in the 1980s, Caspar Salmon's grandmother was invited to a gathering on the island of Anglesey, attended exclusively by people with fish surnames. Or so he says. Thirty years later, film-maker Charlie Lyne attempts to sort myth from reality. (Spoiler: our...

The Telegraph: How Salt Had a Gourmet Makeover
'"Pass the salt' is a tricky request these days. Pink crystals or grey? Truffle or Christmas tree flavour? Crunchy flakes or lustrous pearls? From the sea or the earth? Or maybe you’d like to grate your own? Salt has never been so abundant in so many different...

A Panad with… Sir Terry Wogan
We've had some brilliant visitors at Halen Môn over the years, from The Hairy Bikers to Green & Blacks, Dave Coaches to Ade Edmonson. Perhaps the most exciting one so far though, is none other than national treasure, Sir Terry Wogan. With his sharp sense of dress...

Audio: Alison & David on Business (Broadcast on Jazz FM)
Every Saturday, Jazz FM shares music from the risk takers, leaders and influencers of jazz, soul, funk and blues, alongside interviews with their equivalent in the business world - 'entrepreneurs who have defined and shaped business categories and ways of operating.'...

An Invitation to Number 10
It is not everyday you receive an envelope with a return address of 10 Downing Street, but happily that's what happened a few weeks ago, when HM was invited by David Cameron to a reception there, to celebrate St. David's Day. Hot after Alison's trip to DEFRA to meet...