Kirkness & Gorie

Get a taste for spring! We're open tomorrow, Sunday, from 11am to 4pm, offering 10% OFF everything GREEN and YELLOW, and free tastings of fab Ocelot chocolate, Love Shortie shortbread, new spring wines, and cheese to match. Come on down!

It's all going on down the street themorn...and in the shop.

SWEET SUNDAY... We're open from 11 to 4 this Sunday for the Kirkwall BID Spring Fling. 10% off all YELLOW or GREEN stuff! Including anything honey-related...

KIRKWALL CASTLE! Fascinating to see what appears to be walls and cobbled paths associated with the old castle revealed by excavations at the head of Castle Street. A rare opportunity to see one of the town's historic landmarks, or the remains of it anyway. Although the castle was largely demolished in 1615, significant ruins remained much later than that. In fact, when James Kirkness opened his wine merchants on Broad Street in 1859, they still loomed large, as can be seen in this drawing portraying the street in the mid 1860s (James Kirkness's shop is on the far left.) The ruins were finally cleared away in 1865, as part of the great mid-century improvements to the town centre.

We can drip feed you a Wine Festival detail... This year's Festival Wine Fair will take place on Saturday 11th May in Kirkwall Town Hall. Check out or new blog post to find out what to expect (the short answer is 40 wines to taste for a tenner) and candid tasting notes of ALL the wines from our last wine fair...

Delighted to say we have some new supplies of Orkney Craft Vinegar just in - their new Sugar Kelp variety. We only have a tiny quantity this week, so first come first served!

Textures of K&G... Free bar of G&T Chocolate to the first person to correctly identify all three - the more detail the better!

It's not all chorizo! New delivery of Tuscan fennel sausages just in, along with Gorgonzola Dolce and Truffle Pecorino.

VIVA ESPANA! March is Spanish month in K&G, and we have just received a fantastic range of Spanish food.
We have the best cooking chorizo I've ever tasted, as well as ready to eat ready-sliced chorizo. Also in the fridge are giant anchovies, marinated olives and a special selection of cheeses including a lovely strong blue called La Peral, a Manchego-style sheeps cheese covered fragrant from its rosemary coating, and two fantastic goats cheeses.
Out of the fridge there ar...e too many Spanish goodies to list here, but including Ortiz tuna, smoked paprika flakes and powder, olive oil biscuits sweet and savoury, chocolate leaves with sea salt, fantastic paella rice, saffron to put in the rice, and more more more...
We're also offering 10% off ALL SPANISH WINE for the month of March!
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New blog post: Wining and Dining. Cremola Foam and steak! Lager and cornflakes! Cocoa and prawn cocktail! With a special guest appearance by Alan Craigie...

Orkney Wine Festival 2019!
Planning is well underway, with details due to be announced early April. Dates have been confirmed as: 3rd to 5th May, and 10th to 12th May. Watch this space for the full schedule in a month or so. Meanwhile, you can read more here:
https://www.kirknessandgorie.com/orkney-w ine-festival

This is gonna be grrrreeeeaaaaattttttt !!!!!!!!!

Stoop!

Fireworks in a bottle! Bastarda hot sauce from Barakaldo, Bilbao, Spain. Bright and fruity to start with, then KAPOW!!! £4.99 a bottle. Splash it all over! @bastardasalsa @brindisaspanishfoods #hotsauce #spanishfood

The most stunning graphics from Arthouse Unlimited wrapped around delicious chocolate, superdry teatowels and hearty mugs. It brings joy to our shelves!

Such a wonderful store filled with delicious, exceptional quality, food, drink and fresh snacks. A genuine pleasure to visit for wonderful service and selection!

Me and mum tucking in to crackers and cheese and a wee glass o vino, amazing combinations well worth a visit! X

In a world of its own creating - in a good way. If you like cheese, wine, olive oil, local Orkney produce of many sorts, chocolate, olives, Orkney writing, dropping off/picking up your cobbling requirements, good quality reusable carrier bags - or just plain, old-fashioned good fun - visit Duncan and Julia, and their assistants, down the lane between the 2 Longship shops (or up the secret lane from OTE).

Fantastic little shop, friendly and very helpful staff always a treat to visit there.

Amazing customer service- always going above and beyond for my partner and I �

Such a wonderful store filled with delicious, exceptional quality, food, drink and fresh snacks. A genuine pleasure to visit for wonderful service and selection!

Me and mum tucking in to crackers and cheese and a wee glass o vino, amazing combinations well worth a visit! X

In a world of its own creating - in a good way. If you like cheese, wine, olive oil, local Orkney produce of many sorts, chocolate, olives, Orkney writing, dropping off/picking up your cobbling requirements, good quality reusable carrier bags - or just plain, old-fashioned good fun - visit Duncan and Julia, and their assistants, down the lane between the 2 Longship shops (or up the secret lane from OTE).

Fantastic little shop, friendly and very helpful staff always a treat to visit there.

Amazing customer service- always going above and beyond for my partner and I �

Such a wonderful store filled with delicious, exceptional quality, food, drink and fresh snacks. A genuine pleasure to visit for wonderful service and selection!

Me and mum tucking in to crackers and cheese and a wee glass o vino, amazing combinations well worth a visit! X

In a world of its own creating - in a good way. If you like cheese, wine, olive oil, local Orkney produce of many sorts, chocolate, olives, Orkney writing, dropping off/picking up your cobbling requirements, good quality reusable carrier bags - or just plain, old-fashioned good fun - visit Duncan and Julia, and their assistants, down the lane between the 2 Longship shops (or up the secret lane from OTE).

Fantastic little shop, friendly and very helpful staff always a treat to visit there.

Amazing customer service- always going above and beyond for my partner and I �

Such a wonderful store filled with delicious, exceptional quality, food, drink and fresh snacks. A genuine pleasure to visit for wonderful service and selection!

Me and mum tucking in to crackers and cheese and a wee glass o vino, amazing combinations well worth a visit! X

In a world of its own creating - in a good way. If you like cheese, wine, olive oil, local Orkney produce of many sorts, chocolate, olives, Orkney writing, dropping off/picking up your cobbling requirements, good quality reusable carrier bags - or just plain, old-fashioned good fun - visit Duncan and Julia, and their assistants, down the lane between the 2 Longship shops (or up the secret lane from OTE).

Fantastic little shop, friendly and very helpful staff always a treat to visit there.

Amazing customer service- always going above and beyond for my partner and I �