Richard McComb continues his guide to the best regional produce available for the Christmas table.

Part one contains bakeries, sweets, chocolate, liqueurs, beers and wine and can be found  here.

SOFT DRINKS

* Aroma Tea & Coffee Merchants
4 Hotspur Park, Knights Way, Battlefield Enterprise Park, Shrewsbury, 01743 467567, www.aroma-coffee.co.uk
Roasts, grinds and packs coffee from own factory ensuring quality, fresh coffee. Shropshire tea blend is perfect for the local water.

* Bensons Totally Fruity
Sandyhill Farm, Sherborne, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 01451 844134, www.bensonsapplejuice.co.uk
Delicious 100% natural fruit juice drinks including hot Apple and Cinnamon - a fantastic winter warmer.

* Drews of Worcester Tomato Juices
Haven Nurseries, Bank Road, Little Witley, Worcester, Worcestershire, 01886 888674 www.drewsofworcester.co.uk
The Drew family has been producing tomatoes for more than 50 years. Fruits are harvested when red and fully ripe to make full-bodied, aromatic tasting tomato juice.

* Jus
Birchley, Aylton, Ledbury, 01531 670749, www.jusapples.co.uk
Jus produce single variety apple juices from locally grown and sourced apples. The apples are pressed and bottled in season to capture the unique flavour and sweetness of each variety.

* Mannings
New Cross Farm, Edwyn Ralph, Bromyard, 07816 639604, www.mannings-juice.co.uk
Award-winning Herefordshire apple juice.

* Mill Orchards
Stourport Road, Great Witley, Worcester, 01299 896412, www.millorchards.co.uk
Family-run fruit farm making award-winning quality apple juices. Wide range of juices made from homegrown fruit, pressed and bottled on the farm, including old English varieties in addition to blends with other fruit.

* Pixley Berries
Pixley Court, Ledbury, 01531 670171, www.pixleyberries.co.uk
Pixley's products are made with lashings of fruit. Blackcurrant cordials contain 60% fruit juice, sugar and water. Pixley Court sophisticated drinks are made from 100% British fruit juices.

* Story Brands Ltd
2 Farway Gardens, Codsall, Staffordshire, 07872 170494, www.storydrinks.com
Story Brands produces a range of premium natural sparkling fruit pressms in glass bottles. They are locally produced and made from natural ingredients. Red grape, blackcurrant and ginger is ideal for non-boozy Christmas cheer.

* Teme Valley Fruit
Sutton House Farm, Sutton, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, 01584 810424
Award-winning apple juice produced from the company's Cox's Orange Pippin apples. Other varieties are hand-picked from local orchards. Pressed and bottled on site. Preserved by in-bottle pasteurisation.

* The Holywell Water Company
Malvern, 01684 568548, www.holywellmalvernspringwater.co.uk
Holywell Malvern Spring Water is the original source of Malvern Water. Sole standard bearers of this world famous water which has been the preference of the last five British monarchs.

* Wenlock Spring
Wolverton, Church Stretton, Shropshire, 01694 781277, www.wenlockspring.co.uk
Award-winning Wenlock Spring is water drawn and bottled from a sustainable source in an area beside Wenlock Edge, a 400 million year old limestone escarpment, giving it a distinctive clean, sweet taste.

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CONDIMENTS AND PRESERVES

* Croome Classics
Croome, Worcester, 01905 371237, www.croomeclassics.co.uk
Fine cold pressed rapeseed oil from a family farm. It's pure, golden and nutty.

* Cuffufle Preserves
Selly Park, Birmingham, www.cuffufle.co.uk
Hand-crafted preserves, chutneys, cordials and fruit vinegars using ethically sourced, seasonal ingredients. Christmas courgette is a great festive chutney that gives savoury courses a lift. New jams include pear and lime, but don't hang around - 2012's blackberry and apple has already sold out. Limited selection of preserves at Stirchley Stores (www.stirchleystores.co.uk) and Rossiter's butchers in Bournville.

* Great Ness Oil Ltd
01939 261374, www.greatnessoil.co.uk
Great Ness cold-pressed extra virgin rapeseed oil is produced to the highest standards. Available in eight flavours.

* Hare's Moor
12 John Street, Walsall, 01922 447659, www.haresmoor.co.uk
Top quality DIY curry kits to give your Christmas spread a kick of heat - and aromatic flavour. A gift wrapped box (with message) of any four kits is £12.50 plus £1.50 postage and packing. You can also choose to send three kits plus a bottle of Pip's Hot Sauce for £13.50 (plus £1.50 p+p). There is a choice of Orange Pumpkin sauce (hot with orange scotch bonnet chillies and pumpkin) or Red Smoked Garlic sauce (red scotch bonnets and home smoked garlic). Kits (rogan josh, timatar masala, shish kebab etc) include fresh ingredients and have a 10-day shelf life in the fridge. Turkey curry, anyone?

* Infusion Oils
Unit 3B Wixford Park, Georges Elm Lane Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire, 01789 774715, www.infusionoils.co.uk
Infusion Oils are made from cold pressed rapeseed oil, grown and pressed in the Cotswolds by R-Oil. The oil is infused with natural herbs and spices for cooking, stir-frying, marinading, drizzling and dipping.

* Just Oil
Wade Lane Farm, Hill Ridware, Rugeley, Staffordshire, 01543 493081, www.justoil.co.uk
Cold pressed extra virgin rapeseed oil, dressings and infused oils all contain award-winning rapeseed oil, farmed and bottled in Staffordshire.

* Franks Sauces
610 Parkfield Road, Wolverhampton, 07947 135544, www.franksauces.co.uk
Frank & Co's Scotch Bonnet Jelly is a new condiment produced in Wolverhampton. It is an exotic sweet and hot jelly that works as a food accompaniment or a base to dips. Great for a festive cheeseboard.

* Heather's Harvest
Unit 22 Monkmoor Farm Estate, Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury, 01743 588437, www.heathers-harvest.co.uk
Award-winning homemade jams, preserves and chutneys, created by Heather Williams, using fresh, quality ingredients, locally sourced.

* Kit's Kitchen
Upper Wolverton Farm, Egdon, Worcester 07801 699597, www.kitskitchen.co.uk
Award-winning range includes chutneys, pickles, dressings and mustard.

* Mikes Homemade
Fairview Cottage, Newport Road, Woodseaves, Staffordshire, 01785 284767, www.mikeshomemade.co.uk
Small family business that produces a range of homemade and hand-packed chutneys, pickled onions, pickles, preserves and marmalades. Produce sourced locally where possible.

* Salop Pickle Works
38 Christchurch Drive, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, 01743 873330, www.saloppickleworks.com
Handmade quality pickles made in the old fashioned way including the original Ring Burner Chillied Pickled Onions and Hot & Spicy Chillied Pickled Celery.

* Sunshine Foods
3-4 Albert Street, Wednesbury, 0121 530 8973, www.sunshinefoodsltd.com
Fissi purees are freshly made and full of flavour with a fresh taste. They are ideal for spicing up Christmas leftovers. Try fresh purees of garlic, ginger, red hot pepper and sun-dried tomato.

* The Shropshire Spice Company
Unit 10 The Green Industrial Estate, Clun, Craven Arm, 01588 640100, www.shropshire-spice.co.uk
A traditional company manufacturing wholesome food products from original country recipes. The range of gourmet stuffing mixes is an ideal match for Christmas dinner and the dip mixes are great for buffets.

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AWARD-WINNING CHEESES

* Ansteys of Worcester
Broom Hall Farm, Worcester, 01905 820232, www.ansteys.com
Ansteys are traditional farmhouse cheesemakers, making six different cheeses - Old Worcester White, Double Worcester, Worcestershire Sauce, Oak Smoked Old Worcester, Snodsbury and Bishop's Knot.

* Appleby's
Broadhay Farm, Lower Heath, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire, 01948 840387, www.applebyscheese.co.uk
A combination of fine pastures, quality unpasturised milk, the skill of the cheesemaker and the art of maturing gives Appleby's cheese a unique texture and flavour. There are Cheshire, smoked and Double Gloucester varieties.

* Bertelin Farmhouse Cheese
Ellenhall Grange Farm, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, 01785 859331, www.bertelinfarmhousecheese.co.uk
Makers of handmade award-winning artisan cloth bound cheeses. Staffordshire PDO, Derby, Derby with Chives, Eccleshall Red and smoked cheese are produced on their own farm.

* Brock Hall Farm Dairy
Chelmarsh, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 01746 862533, www.brockhallfarm.com
Superb goats cheese produced by Sarah Hampton from her pedigree herd of Pure Sannen goats, known in their native Switzerland as The Queen of Dairy Goats. Soft, velvety Fresco Angelico makes a tangy topping for festive canapes, dressed with smoked salmon and fresh dill. Rich and creamy Capra Nouveau is washed in homemade cider and is likened to a continental mountain cheese. Named as a Top 50 Food in Great Britain 2012.

* Fowlers of Earlswood
Small Lane, Earlswood, Solihull, 01564 702329, www.fowlerscheesemakers.co.uk
Reputedly the oldest makers of traditional farmhouse cheeses in England. Speciality award-winning cheese include Little Derby, Sage Derby, Warwickshire Truckle and Forest Blue, Oak Smoked.

* Gorsehill Abbey Cheese
Gorsehill Abbey Farm, Collin Lane, Broadway, Worcestershire, 01386 852208, www.gorsehillabbey.co.uk
Range of award-winning cheeses made with milk from the farm's own cows, including mellow St Eadburgha, semi-hard, rich and creamy St Kenelm and the nutty St Egwin.

* Mr Moyden's Handmade Cheese
Shropshire Food Enterprise Centre,Vanguard Way, Battlefield Enterprise Park, Shrewsbury, 01743 441599, www.mrmoyden.com
A range of award-winning artisan cheeses produced with local Shropshire milk including Wrekin Blue, Wrekin White, buttery Newport and oak-smoked Newport 1665

* Paxton & Whitfield
13 Wood Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, 01789 415544, www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk
Paxton & Whitfield is a cheese-lover's paradise at this time of year, serving nationally recognised hard and soft cheeses as well as speciality artisan varieties produced in the Cotswolds and West Midlands. Perl Las from Caws Cenarth, west Wales, translates as "Blue Pearl" and is a treasure of a blue cheese. Montgomery's Cheddar, aged for more than 18 months, is full flavoured and nutty while the reputation of Charles Martell's Stinking Bishop belies the creamy subtlety of this cheese, made famous by Wallace and Gromit. Unpasturised St Egwin, an aromatic semi-hard cheese, is made with organic cows milk at Gorsehill Abbey Farm near Broadway, Worcestershire.

* Ram Hall Dairy Sheep
Ram Hall Farm, Coventry, 01676 532203
Award-winning Berkswell cheese is made from unpasturised ewes' milk.

* Shropshire Cheese Company
Newhaven, Llanyblodwel, 01691 828765, www.shropshirecheese.co.uk
The Eyres family farms and makes cheese at Abertanat farm using their own cows' milk. Marches Blue and Shropshire Blue cheeses are both HEFF Diamond Award winners and offer a true taste of the region.

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ICE CREAMS

* Bennett's Foods (Worcester) Ltd
01905 748150, www.bennettsicecream.co.uk
Producer of farmhouse ice creams and sorbets, using the finest ingredients including fresh double cream, real fruit and natural flavours.

* Churchfields Farmhouse Ice Cream
Churchfields Farm, Droitwich, Worcestershire, 01905 451289, www.churchfields-farm.co.uk
Churchfields Ice Cream is made on a family farm using milk from a pedigree herd. There are great combinations for Christmas such as rum and raisin, kirsch cherry and walnut and maple

* Just Rachel Quality Desserts
01531 650639, www.justrachel.com
Top quality, award-winning, pure cream ice creams and fruit made with whole natural ingredients. Try the damson and sloe gin ice cream, Diamond Award-winning honeycomb or white chocolate and Baileys ice cream. There are also decadent desserts such as chocolate Drambuie (dark chocolate, amaretti biscuits and generous nips of Drambuie) and individual ice cream bombes, made using our Christmas brandy and rum ice cream, topped with cream.

* Ringswood Ice Cream
Cestersover Farm, Pailton, Rugby, 01788 832188, www.ringswood.co.uk
Family farming partnership producing a real dairy ice cream using milk from a herd of pedigree cows. All ingredients and flavours are either natural or derived from natural products. Traditional flavours such as vanilla and strawberry.

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FISH

* Fish in a Box
01952 820966, www.fishinabox.co.uk
Seasonally available fresh fish from sustainable stocks, selected by a third-generation fishmonger.

* Ludlow Traditional Smokehouse
Dickendale Farmhouse, Crook Mullen, Wigmore, Herefordshire, 01568 770664, www.ludlowtraditionalsmokehouse.com
Artisan smoker using traditional methods. Hot and cold smoked salmon, various gravadlax, game, poultry, eel, cheese, hams and bacon.

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MEAT, POULTRY AND GAME

* Adlington
Pheasant Oak Farm, Balsall Common, Coventry, 01676 532681, www.adlingtonltd.com
Adlington's turkeys are known for their succulence and full-flavoured meat. Ten-day hung traditional Christmas turkeys, turkey crowns, stuffed turkey breast, three bird roast and epic six bird roasts (turkey stuffed with Adlington apple fed cockerel, duck, guinea fowl, partridge and quail

* Allan Bennett
5 Station Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton, 01902 842204, http://allanbennett.net
A traditional retail butcher. Winner of national sausage and pie competitions. Specialist in dry-cured bacon and hams.

* Alternative Meats
The Butchery, Home Farm, Combermere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, 01948 871200, www.alternativemeats.co.uk
The perfect place for an exotic alternative to turkey. Alternative Meats supplies British rosm veal, wild boar, venison, kid goat and South African game.

* Andrew Francis Butchers
1 Market Street, Ludlow, 01584 874572, www.andrewfrancisbutchers.co.uk
Specialises in local produce, rare breed beef and pork, traditional home-cured bacon, award-winning sausages and a full range of game in season. All meat matured for full flavour.

* Attwell Farm
Seafield Farm, Seafield Lane, Beoley, Redditch, 01527 66191, www.attwellfarm.com
Award-winning family business has been providing quality chicken, eggs and turkeys for three generations. Free range turkeys won a Diamond Award this year.

* Aubrey Allen
108 Warwick Street, Leamington Spa, www.aubreyallen.co.uk, 02476 515627 (home deliveries)
Depressed by the prospect of endless turkey left-overs? Make the ultimate beef burger with the UK's only pure-bred Wagyu mince, supplied by Aubrey Allen, recently crowned best butcher in the country. Known worldwide for its superior eating quality due to characteristic intense marbling, this Rolls-Royce of beef offers unrivalled rich buttery flavour, melt-in-your-mouth tenderness and juiciness. Fantastic for home-made burgers, lasagne, chilli con carne, shepherd's pie, or moussaka - £75 for 5kg. Wagyu blade and silverside subject to availability.

* Bings Heath Smokery
Greenfields, Bings Heath, Astley, Shrewsbury, 01939 250141, www.bingsheathsmokery.co.uk
Specialising in the preparation of the finest quality smoked salmon, meat, poultry and game. The only curing agents used are natural sea salts and oak smoke. Juniper and selected herbs are added, where appropriate, for additional flavour.

* Forest Pig Charcuterie
Bell Farm, Far Forest, Kidderminster, 01299 266771, www.forestpig.com
Artisan producers of the finest handmade charcuterie including walnut saucisson, hazelnut and champagne salami, chorizo, air dried hams, forest black bacon and pancetta.

* Goodman's Geese
Walsgrove Farm, Great Witley, Worcestershire, 01299 896272, www.goodmansgeese.co.uk
Award-winning free-range geese and free-range Bronze turkeys, 8,000 birds in total, reared in large paddocks. Goodman's goose fat in jars is great for extra crispy roast spuds on Christmas Day.

* Heart of England Farms
Henley Road, Claverdon, Warwick, 01926 843460, www.heartofenglandfarms.com
Specialist producers of traditional farm fresh Christmas. Free-range slow-growing strains of turkey, geese, chickens and ducks are reared and processed on the farm.

* Huntsham Farm
Huntsham Court Farm, Goodrich, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, 01600 890296, www.huntsham.com
Specialises in Longhorn cattle, Middle White pigs and Ryeland sheep to produce meat with a superior taste and texture.

* Jamie Ward's Free-range Pork
Berghill Farm, Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, 07802 652800, www.jamiewardsfreerangepork.co.uk
Producers of the fine quality pigs born and reared outdoors. Delicious sausages, including gluten-free, home-cured dry cure bacon and hams.

* AW Lashford & Son
Unit 15 Allcroft Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, 0121 777 7010, www.lashford.co.uk
A Birmingham sausage-making institution that has been turning out prized bangers (there are more than 50 varieties) and pork pies for more than 120 years.

* Martins Meats
Toddington, Cheltenham, 01242 621493, www.martinsmeats.com
Butchers providing locally produced meat from traditional breeds reared in the Cotswolds and Gloucestershire. All beef dry-matured on the bone for 28 days, 10 days for lamb and seven days for pigs.

* Oxsprings
Lower Grove Farm, Seaford, Pershore 07972 497685, www.oxsprings.com
Producers of air dried ham from locally sourced pork legs. The ham is aged for a minimum of eight months and is available in both a traditional and smoked variety. No artificial preservatives or additives are used.

* Packington Free Range
Blakenhall Park, Bar Lane, Barton under Needwood, Staffordshire, 01283 711547, www.packingtonfreerange.co.uk
Free range pork and poultry reared, produced, sold and delivered direct, giving control of higher welfare standards, traceability and provenance. Try a cockerel for a juicy succulent Christmas bird.

* Ragley Estate Meats
Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, 01789 778228/ 768694, www.ragleyestatemeats.com
Free-range, naturally reared beef, lamb, pork, venison and game from the Ragley Estate and local farms. Matured and traditionally butchered to provide outstanding flavour.

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PREPARED FOODS

* Coopers Gourmet Sausage Rolls
Shropshire Food Enterprise Centre, Shrewsbury, 01743 441811, www.coopers-sausage-rolls.co.uk
Handmade, high quality sausage rolls with a twist, using premium British pork. Selection includes Shropshire Blue and caramelized onion; pork, leek and sage; chilli and garlic; apple and black pudding. Slice and serve as part of your Christmas buffet.

* Creating Taste
All Saints Street, Hockley, Birmingham 0121 551 6827, www.creatingtaste.com
Produces frozen foods, meal accompaniments, desserts and fudge confectionery available through independent retailers and foodservice customers. Prepared foods include meat, fish and vegetarian choices. HEFF Diamond Awards for Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake, Salmon en Croute and Cranberry and Chocolate Fudge.

* Lodge Farm Kitchen
Deepdean, Ross on Wye, 01989 764422, www.lodgefarmkitchen.co.uk
Family business producing quality frozen meals and desserts on a Herefordshire farm.

* Pat Gorman Pies
48 Central Drive, Dudley Fields, Bloxwich 01922 479619
A family run business which has produced pork and speciality pies for more than 30 years.

* The Potted Game Company
Shab Hill Barn, Shab Hill, Birdlip, Gloucs, 01452 864110, www.pottedgame.com
The Potted Game Company's modern twist on an old fashioned idea has resulted in a unique range of products that uses the very best of wild British produce, such as pheasant with smoked bacon and lentils, rabbit with cider and English mustard, and trout with lemon zest and spices.

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PRESERVES AND HONEY

* Jam Today
31 Silkmore Crescent, Stafford, 01785 255974, www.jamtoday.biz
A wide range of jams, jellies, coulis, marmalades, chutneys and ketchups. Handmade in small batches, the preserves all have a high fruit content and are free of added flavourings or preservatives.

* Petton Preserves
Petton Hall, Petton, Shrewsbury, 01939 270858, www.pettonpreserves.co.uk
A new Shropshire manufacturer of homemade jams, preserves, chutneys and jellies with a diverse range of flavours, made with produce sourced from its own historic Victorian walled garden, together with other locally sourced ingredients.

* The Best of Taste Company
Craig y Don, Treflach, Oswestry, 01691 680410, www.bestoftaste.co.uk
Handmade, fruity coulis dessert sauces with minimum added sugar. Natural and free of artificial additives, flavourings, colourings or preservatives.

* The Kitchens Fine Foods Co
Laurel Mews, Horsley Hall, Eccleshall, 01785 851522, www.thekitchensfinefoods.co.uk
Handmade chutneys, jams and relishes created in small batches to ensure optimum flavour and quantity.

* Tomlow Honey
Thorn Furlong Farm, Napton Road, Stockton, Warwickshire, 01926 813802
Bees forage in the fields, hedgerows and woodlands, collecting a complex blend of nectar to produce delicious honey.

? Part One of Richard McComb's guide to the best regional Christmas produce is here.