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Oeno wine merchant in Cirencester

by avjba @ Tuesday, October 13th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under Cirencester, Eating & Drinking, wine merchants

A new arrival takes the form of Oeno – an online merchant with shops in Stoud and Cirencester, Gloucestershire. This is no traditional, stuffy winemerchant, but a stylish and informative way of presenting a smallish range of well-chosen and very interesting wines. Whilst there are some good classics available, there are many less well-known wines [...]

Oldest Inn in England – Stow on the Wold

by avjba @ Saturday, June 27th, 2009. Filed under Accommodation, Hotels, B&B, Eating & Drinking, Stow-on-the-Wold

The Royalist Hotel in Stow-on-the-Wold claims to be the oldest Inn in England:
The Royalist Hoteldates back to 947AD and was built by a Cornish Saxon Duke named Aethelmar, as a refuge on the Fosse Way. A Grade II listed building, which ranks it amongst the top 4% of protected buildings in the country, and with [...]

Farncombe Estate courses on Whisky, Music, Arts……

by avjba @ Monday, January 5th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under Arts/Crafts, Bourton-on-the-Water, Broadway, Eating & Drinking, events

[ January 17, 2009; ] Farncombe Estate Centre, near Broadway is running a Whisky Appreciation Day on Saturday 17 January 2009. This is but one of many events held at Farncombe Estate:
Set within 300-acres of privately owned parkland, we offer weekend leisure breaks, day courses and other events all year round.

Topics covered include Fine Arts, Bridge Holidays, Crafts & Textiles, Music, [...]

The Lamb Inn, Shipton-under-Wychwood

by avjba @ Friday, November 2nd, 2007. Tags:
Filed under Accommodation, Hotels, B&B, Cotswolds, Eating & Drinking, Oxfordshire, Stow-on-the-Wold

Set in the picturesque village of Shipton-under-Wychwood,
The Lamb Inn
The Lamb Inn is a beautiful Cotswold stone inn, unlike any other! With five unique and luxurious en-suite guest rooms, great food, a delightful restaurant, a varied wine list and a sophisticated bar this inn offers stylish dining and bar food alongside exciting drinks.
The bedrooms are themed [...]

Chipping Campden Christmas Wine Dinner

by avjba @ Thursday, October 25th, 2007. Filed under Accommodation, Hotels, B&B, Chipping Campden, Cotswolds, Eating & Drinking, Gloucestershire, wine merchants

Cotswold House Hotel
Tamasin Day-Lewis, TV cook and food writer, will be in Chipping Campden (Glos) on 29th November for an evening of fine wine and food at the Cotswold House Hotel. Tamasin will also be signing copies of her latest book Where Shall We Go For Dinner?: A Food Romance
The wines are coming from the [...]

A touch of Provence in Stow-on-the-Wold

by avjba @ Wednesday, August 8th, 2007. Filed under Arts/Crafts, Cotswolds, Eating & Drinking, Food, Farm Shops, Delicatessens, Gloucestershire, House & Home, Stow-on-the-Wold

 

In the middle of the very English Cotswold Market town of Stow-on-the-Wold, you’ll find a shop which is very French – La Provence (in The Square)
Here they have a wide variety of gifts and fabrics inspired by France and Provence.
They also have a snazzy website at La Provence Collections where you can order from [...]

The Old Manse Hotel, Bourton-on-the-Water

by avjba @ Friday, July 13th, 2007. Filed under Accommodation, Hotels, B&B, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cotswolds, Eating & Drinking, Gloucestershire

Recently refurbished, The Old Manse Hotel was built in 1748 for a local Baptist minister Benjamin Beddome.  It is a comfortable and welcoming hotel with a traditional bar serving real ale and a selection of bar food which during the winter months can be taken next to a roaring log fire.  The elegant restaurant offers [...]

The Unicorn Hotel, Stow-on-the-Wold

by avjba @ Friday, July 13th, 2007. Filed under Accommodation, Hotels, B&B, Cotswolds, Eating & Drinking, Oxfordshire, Stow-on-the-Wold

The Unicorn Hotel is a 17th century cotswold stone hotel with a stylishly decorated interior which mixes traditional with modern whilst still retaining a welcoming and friendly atmosphere.  Afternoon tea can be taken in the pretty sitting room by the inglenook fireplace. Alternatively step over the flagstone hearth into the bar with its roaring log fire [...]

The Fox Inn, Stow on the Wold

by avjba @ Sunday, July 1st, 2007. Filed under Accommodation, Hotels, B&B, Cotswolds, Eating & Drinking, Gloucestershire, Stow-on-the-Wold

The Fox Inn at Stow-on-the-Wold (Gloucestershire) a family-run caf̩, bar and brasserie in the middle of the town Рgreat for a drink, coffee/tea, snack or lunch and evening meal Рeven breakfasts!
Stow is a popular stop for both browsing the shops (Antiques in particular), lunch or supper or a cup of tea or a [...]

Edward Sheldon, Wine Merchants, Shipston-on-Stour

by avjba @ Thursday, March 1st, 2007. Filed under Cotswolds, Eating & Drinking, Moreton-in-Marsh, Shipston-on-Stour, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, wine merchants

Edward Sheldon is a very traditional country wine merchant – in the middle of good farming and hunting countryside southeast of Stratford-upon-Avon. (see map) Their premises are redolent of their long history, and you’d be forgiven for expecting something a bit “stuffy”. But amongst the fine clarets, revered Burgundies and Hunting Port you will [...]

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