Review by Maggie Jennings
Very enjoyable day. Lots of information. Great café on site.
01 July 2018
Head to a corner of Shropshire for a delightful day of touring and tasting at the family-run Kerry Vale Vineyard, and learn all about British-made wine and award-winning vintages with a friend by your side with this Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting for Two.
Fittingly conceived back in 2010 over a glass or two of wine, the six acre Kerry Vale vineyard has since grown to include over 6,000 vines. You’ll get down to the task of grape and site discovery, going all the way back to Roman times with a surprising amount of history!
After that you’ll learn the art of wine tasting sampling four tasty English wines, savouring the flavour profiles and comparing tasting notes across five simple steps with your tour companions. Before heading home why not enjoy a locally sourced lunch and a glass of fine wine in the on-site cafe, toasting your newfound knowledge and possibly piquing your interest in visiting the cellar door shop!
On arrival at the Kerry Vale Vineyard’s contemporary visitor centre you’ll check in at reception before taking in some of the sights of the surrounding countryside.
Next you’ll move onto the tour, with a knowledgeable guide escorting you around the estate while giving you the lowdown on the grape growing process and history of the estate. At the end you’ll be taught five simple steps to wine tasting across four delicious English wines, as well as having some common wine phrases explained.
Take the opportunity to use your new found knowledge to visit the on-site shop where you can purchase wine to take home.
Your voucher is valid for 12 months.
This experience is available on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from May to September. Tours start at 11.00.
We recommend you book at least four weeks in advance to ensure dates are available. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow 2 hours for the full experience.
The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.
Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.
All you have to do is pay for the experience you wish to purchase and we’ll send a voucher and booking information to you or directly to the recipient, then you just need to check the info and book your experience.
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Very enjoyable day. Lots of information. Great café on site.
Generally the hour in the vineyard hearing the history of the site & how it all started was quite interesting. The 45 minutes in the tasting room was disappointing ; irrelevant remarks about previous neighbours, pickers & the price of machinery seeming to be more topical than the wines & how to get the best from them. A broken cream cracker & tepid glass of water were provided for freshening the pallet,nothing on the best food pairings for these wines. Could learn from RSA vineyards on marketing