Stay in a hotel…
Hotels are also taking part in next week’s festivities. Elite Hotels, which operate sites including Luton Hoo, Ashdown Park, Tylney Hall and the Grand Hotel Eastbourne, are celebrating English Wine Week with special by-the-glass offers throughout the week.
Meanwhile, why not get closer to the action at Llanerch vineyard in south Wales, which recently opened a 26-bed hotel after securing a £2 million loan, aiming to simulate successful oenotourism models found in New Zealand and Australia.
The vineyard, which was bought by Ryan Davies in 2010, claims to be the first to have opened a dedicated hotel in the UK.
Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey will shortly be joining Llanerch in the wine tourism sector. The winery is set to open a 17-room carbon neutral vineyard hotel this summer.
