Welsh Wine – White Castle Vineyard

This is a must not miss, if like us you enjoy good wine, cheese, and great hosts and hostesses. We arrived in the afternoon to a loverly host Rob, nothing is too much for him to make you feel at home, the cheese and wine tasting began with a full description of each cheese and wine. The wine is all from the vineyard outside and a tour is conducted by Rob with a history of how he and his wife started it all . After you can purchase any of the wines and many other items . IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA YOU MUST NOT MISS THIS, BOOKING IS ADVISABLE

We visited with friends and were given the tour of the vineyard by the owner. He was friendly, informative and his passion for his craft was obvious. We were shown around the restored barn and then the vines where I personally learnt a lot about the wine making process, from vine to bottle. We then went on to taste some of the wares and again my education continued. We left with some of their sparkling white wine and fortified wine (untasted) and our friends took a variety of the red wines. The fortified wine (port by another name) was excellent but the sparkling wine was absolutely superb! As good as, if not better than, any champagne we’ve had in the past. This is a great way to spend an hour or two, having your knowledge expanded by an excellent host.

We discovered White Castle Vineyard while driving to visit the nearby White Castle on a weekend excursion from the Cotswolds. The vineyard is not large. Think quality over quantity. I enjoyed the vineyard tour, wine tasting, and talking with Rob more than I did visiting the White Castle (which was pretty cool to visit).

The wine was good. I definitely recommend a visit if you are in the area. Make it a stop on your Welsh wine visit.

Rob also recommended the nearby 1861 restaurant. His taste in wine seems to be as good as his taste in restaurants.