English winemaker Camel Valley
has launched a new website to promote its winery tours and holiday accommodation near Bodmin in Cornwall.
Every Wednesday evening between Easter and 30th October – a wine maker will personally guide you through the vineyard and winery, answering any questions you may have about the wine making process. Afterwards, there will be a fun wine tasting session, beginning with our most famous wine, Cornwall Brut. “sitting on the terrace sipping Camel Valley wine on a summer’s afternoon is magical. “
For more info see www.camelvalley.com
Price: £7.50 per person, including wine.
The whole family need not be mad on wine to stay at Camel Valley. The Lindos offer a private stretch of salmon and trout fishing on the River Camel and guests can cycle the Camel Trail, which runs right through the vineyard, to Padstow for lunch in one of Rick Stein’s famous restaurants. The Eden project is just 8 miles away and the glorious Cornish coastline just 10 miles.
Camel Valley Ltd
Nanstallon. Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5LG
T: 01208 77959
E: info@camelvalley.com
Kings Cross Wine? – there are plans to plant a vineyard in the shadow of London’ Kings Cross railway station according to the Evening Standard (16 March 2009) – see http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23662523-details/Ideal+spot+for+Ch+teau+King%27s+Cross/article.do
See also BBC article and interview on Camel Valley at http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/content/articles/2009/03/06/camelvalley_people_feature.shtml
See artivle in the Guardian (14 May 2009) about Camel Valley and a Gold Medal in the International Wine Challenge 2009