Great West Way Travel Magazine | Issue 07
Follow the paths through England’s idyllic countryside, quaint villages and elegant towns where our best-kept secrets from the past meet twenty-first-century hospitality.
Follow the paths through England’s idyllic countryside, quaint villages and elegant towns where our best-kept secrets from the past meet twenty-first-century hospitality.
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“Take a vineyard tour or attend a wine<br />
sampling session and you'll see for<br />
yourself why English wines are winning<br />
prestigious international awards...”<br />
Roman Baths). Bath gin is distilled using eleven of the finest botanicals from across<br />
the world, including bitter orange, kaffir lime leaf and English coriander. Floral,<br />
exotic citrus and deep spice notes are followed by a mild sweetness, creating a light,<br />
aromatic and balanced gin.<br />
There's also the delightful (and tiny!) distillery Scout & Sage to visit in the village<br />
of Semington, Wiltshire. Join a master class and sip a delicious Scout & Sage G&T<br />
crafted using a tradional hand made copper pot still named Maud. Hear all about the<br />
history of gin, how it’s made and the process they use. There’s a tasting session of<br />
three Scout & Sage Gins and a Scout & Sage Gin cocktail – before making a shot of<br />
your very own gin from pre-distilled botanicals.<br />
Vineyards<br />
The chalk soils and temperate climate of the south of England are perfect for creating<br />
crisp, white, bubbly wines. Take a vineyard tour or attend a wine sampling session and<br />
you'll see for yourself why English wines are winning prestigious international awards.<br />
Discover the local wines of the <strong>Great</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Way</strong> with a tour and tasting at Alder<br />
Ridge Vineyard, nestled into the chalky slopes of the North Wessex Downs between<br />
Hungerford and Marlborough. A'Beckett's Vineyard near Devzies also offer wine tastings<br />
and walks around their impressive 20-acre site.<br />
Bluestone Vineyards based just outside of Salisbury run morning and evening<br />
walking and wine tasting tours with one of their resident experts, Nat or Jack. Following<br />
an in-depth stroll around the vineyards learning about growing grapes in the UK, the<br />
challenges, and what it takes to produce high quality English sparkling wines, you’ll<br />
then be wowed with an expertly tutored wine tasting of four wines; two of Bluestone’s<br />
sparkling and two local still wines.<br />
Aldwick is a 300-acre family-run farm nestled serenely beneath the northern<br />
slopes of the famous Mendip Hills - the largest vineyard in Somerset. The team on the<br />
estate are devoted to producing quality wine and offer tours of their 11 acres of grape<br />
vines. Witness the development of grapes from which their wine will be made before<br />
sampling a selection of their available vintages.<br />
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