03 September 2024
Pembrokeshire has fields full of cows producing delicious milk and cream, which is one reason why there are artisan ice cream makers across the county making you the best ice cream and sorbets Wales has to offer.
Ice cream vans are also dotted up and down the coastline, which means that wherever you are, you’re guaranteed a cone with a view this summer. Here are some of our favourites.
Gianni’s, St Davids
Gianni is an Italian ice cream maker in the heart of a dairy countryside. Using local organic milk from Caerfai Farm you can actually buy your ice cream and walk down the road to meet the cows before you’ve had time to finish your cone – it’s that local.
Jo and Gianni are a wife/husband team offering 100’s of flavours, all well worth trying! Gianni is constantly experimenting, which means the flavours on offer change daily. If you have a favourite then don’t be disappointed, if you let Gianni know what you want he can produce the ice cream of your dreams in 48-hours.
The current best seller is salted caramel and even your pooch has been catered for, with their unique range of dog-friendly ice creams!
Fire and Ice, Narberth
Fire and Ice in Narberth started off their range in 2012 with an award-winning dairy-free mango sorbet! Using local organic milk and cream from Calon Wen and Daionithey’ve added ice cream to their luxury creations, as well as artisan sorbet and gelato.
Pop into the shop in Narberth for a taster session before you decide which one is for you.
Cowpots, Whitland
Cowpots Ice Cream is made on the farm with milk from a local herd of pedigree Jersey cows. The cows graze clover rich pastures overlooking the Carmarthenshire countryside and produce really creamy milk, which is ideal for making luxury dairy ice cream.
You can now visit Cowpots Ice Cream parlour at their farm near Whitland. The flavour currently causing a stir is the caramel honeycomb. Look out for their pizza evenings where they serve freshly made pizzas cooked in their wood-fired oven. Follow this with a delicious ice cream from a choice of 16 flavours.
Pointz Castle Ice Cream, Penycwm
The milk to create the wonderful ice cream from Pontz Castle comes from their own cows, quietly grazings on fields with wonderful sea views. Tom and William are producing mouthwatering flavours in their parlour such as Jammy Dodger, Tiramisu, Liquorice and Kiwi fruit. Yum!
Lochmeyler Farm Ice Cream, Solva
Lochmeyler Farm is a 300-acre dairy farm near Solva run by Matthew and Margo. They make delicious ice cream using the milk from their 350 free-range cows. You can find their delicious ice cream across the county or pop into their ice cream parlour in Haverfordwest Riverside for year-round scrumminess!
Llaeth Preseli milk and gelato, New Moat
Moat Grange is a family farm in the heart of Pembrokeshire near the little village of New Moat, just to the south of the Preseli hills. Their milk is available to buy 24 hours a day from a vending machine on the farm. It’s whole and free range, and gently pasteurised but non-homogenised, keeping that true milky taste – just like milk used to be! They make their own gelato which is served in a specially-built cabin at the end of the farm lane. With fairy lights strung across the rafters, it’s a peaceful spot to sample their range of delicious ice cream including Preseli crunch, raspberry ripple, milk chocolate, blue bubblegum, salted caramel and watermelon sorbet.
Other local ice creams to look out for include Upton Farm’s ‘Pembrokeshire Promise’ and Mary’s Farmhouse ice creams, which are sold through local cafes and ice cream vans up and down the county.
