Bennetts Fine Wines – Chipping Campden

Chipping Campden is the archetypal Cotswold Village – mellow yellow stone houses, thatched roofs, an ancient market hall, a beautiful parish church (St James) and nowadays a good sprinkling of antique shops, craft galeries and plenty of places to eat and drink well. Bennetts Fine Wines looks every inch the old-fashioned traditional wine merchant – small, [...] [...]

updated October 15, 2011| Category: Chipping Campden, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Shipston-on-Stour, wine merchants | ', 'Edit this post', '')

Edward Sheldon, Wine Merchants, Shipston-on-Stour

Edward Sheldon is a very traditional country wine merchant – in the middle of good farming and hunting countryside southeast of Stratford-upon-Avon. (NB Now part of Bennetts Fine Wines )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 [...] [...]

updated October 18, 2011| Category: Cotswolds, Eating & Drinking, Moreton-in-Marsh, Shipston-on-Stour, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, wine merchants | ', 'Edit this post', '')

The Halford Bridge near Stratford-upon-Avon

  The Halford Bridge Halford Bridge Hotel There has been a coaching inn on the Fosse Way where it crosses the River Stour since the 16th Century, but in recent years the place was getting a touch neglected. However in December 2006 it re-opened under new owners after extensive refurbishment. It is now a stylish, modern informal venue for [...] [...]

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