Press Release:
Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur national tasting roadshow hits the road
15 November 2006

A national tasting road show for Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur commences this Friday at Slattery’s in Manchester and then continues to Partridges, the House of Fraser and The Chocolate Society.

At Slattery’s, Manchester’s best known chocolatier, Alison Ingham will conduct tastings for Vermeer Spirits Limited on Firday 13th and Saturday 14th October from 12-4pm and on Saturday 18th November from 12-4pm. Further tastings will be conducted at Slattery’s on Saturday 18th November from 12-4pm and on Friday 22nd December and Saturday 23rd December from 12 – 4pm by Stacey Heath.

Coinciding with the London Chocolate Week, 16th – 22nd October, miniatures of Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur will be given with purchases made at the renowned Belgravia and Mayfair stores of The Chocolate Society to customers purchasing Chocolate Society Vermeer Liqueur truffles.

At House of Fraser stores across the country, tastings will be conducted on 14th November at Howells in Cardiff and at the Birmingham House of Fraser on Thursday 16th November and on Thursday 7th December. Further dates at other House of Fraser stores will be announced shortly and throughout the period Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur will also be available at stores including those in London Victoria, Hull, Darlington, Croydon and the Princes Street Edinburgh Jenners store and the Loch Lomond Shores Jenners store.

At Partridges of Sloane Square tastings will be conducted by Barnaby Rodgers of Vermeer Spirits Limited on Thursday 26th October from 4-8pm and Thursday 30th November from 4-8pm.

At both the Kings Road, Chelsea and Long Acre, Covent Garden stores of international jewellers Les Néréides tastings will be conducted on Saturday 9th December.

Matthew Steeples of Vermeer Spirits Limited comments “Previous tastings of Vermeer at such places as Partridges of Sloane Square and Utobeer in Borough Market have proved so popular that we feel that now is the time to expand this activity nationwide. In the run up to Christmas we will announce a number of further tasting dates and look forward to this opportunity to offer consumers the chance to taste Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur.”

For further information on Vermeer truffles please contact Matthew Steeples, Barnaby Rodgers or Maureen Muirhead of Vermeer Spirits Limited on +44 (0) 20 7259 9990 or email info@vermeeruk.com

For further information on Chocolate Society Vermeer Liqueur truffles please contact Alan Porter or Linda Gentle-Cadeau of The Chocolate Society on +44 (0) 20 7495 0302.

Stores partaking in the Vermeer tasting roadshow:-

• Slattery’s Patissier & Chocolatier, 197 New Bury Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 6GE. Telephone: +44 (0) 161 767 9303. Website: http://www.slattery.co.uk
• The Chocolate Society, 36 Elizabeth Street, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9NZ. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7259 9222. Website: http://www.chocolate.co.uk
• The Chocolate Society, 32 – 34 Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London, W1J 7QN. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7495 0302. Website: http://www.chocolate.co.uk
• Partridges of Sloane Square, 2-5 Duke of York Square, London SW3 4LY. Telephone +44 (0) 20 7730 0651. Website: http://www.partridges.co.uk
• House of Fraser Howells Cardiff, 14-18 St. Mary Street, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 1TT. Telephone: +44 (0) 870 160 7231. Website: http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk
• House of Fraser Birmingham, Corporation Street, Birmingham, B2 5JS. Telephone: +44 (0) 870 160 7225. Website: http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk
• Les Néréides, 166 Kings Road, London, SW3 4UP. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7376 6270. Website: http://www.lesnereides.com
• Les Néréides, 35 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9JT. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7379 9197. Website: http://www.lesnereides.com

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NOTES TO EDITORS
Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur From the creator of Skyy vodka, Vermeer blends the highest quality Dutch chocolate, fresh cream and premium vodka to make a luxurious liqueur with a restrained sweetness and the smoothest, purest chocolate flavour of any liqueur available.

Vermeer is 17% alc./vol. and can be found in its signature bottle depicting ‘The Girl with the Pearl Earring’ after the famous painting by Johannes Vermeer.

Vermeer can be enjoyed on the rocks, to create cocktails or added to coffee or hot chocolate. It can also be used within many recipes and is particularly satisfying over ice-cream.

Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur is a winner of three Gold Medals for outstanding taste

“The Chocolate Society are pleased to endorse this fantastic chocolate liqueur. It is certainly the best we've ever tasted” - The Chocolate Society

“It’s delicious” - Jane Asher, actress, writer and cake maker