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ENGLISH WINE WEEK

Join us for English Wine Week, a celebration of the vineyards and winemakers putting English wine on the map. We’ll be hosting a tour of Durslade Vineyards with an introduction to our grapes from our vineyard manager, followed by a delicious dinner at Da Costa with wines paired to complement each course.

Two people in a vineyard harvesting white grapes from the vines, where you can see down the vine rows.

The Evening

Explore the best of English wine, right here in Somerset. We’ll meet at Da Costa at 6pm before heading off on a tractor and trailer ride to Durslade Vineyards. There, you’ll get a closer look at the grapes we grow, learn about how we care for the vines and how we turn the grapes into our wines.

After the tour, we’ll head back to Da Costa for a three-course dinner, paired with a selection of English wines – including two made from our grapes.

£62 per person
Thursday 25th June from 6pm
Friday 26th June from 6pm

Including a vineyard tour and a three-course meal with three 125ml glasses of wine. Vegetarian and vegan options available. Please let us know any dietary requirements in advance.

Thursday 25th June

Friday 26th June

The interior of the Da Costa restaurant, showing the tables and sun streaming in through the windows.

The Menu (Sample)

Aperitif (optional extra)

Hundred Hills sparkling £12

Antipasti

Walled garden salad with guazzetto sauce
Maid of Bruton Bacchus

Main

Venison with polenta & red wine sauce
Venetian spiced cauliflower with almonds & raisins (VG)
Danbury Ridge Pinot Noir

Dolce

Wood fired strawberries & cream panna cotta
Maid of Bruton sparkling rosé

A person using snips to cut a bunch of red grapes off a vine.

Durslade Vineyards

On a gentle south-east-facing slope of our estate lies our vineyard, rooted in clay and limestone soil, which creates ideal conditions for growing over 13,000 vines. Located beside the River Brue and across from the site of an ancient Roman vine terrace, the setting is both naturally rich and historically significant.

We grow Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and Bacchus grapes, all hand-harvested in late September or early October. The grapes are then transported just five miles to Bagborough Winery, where they are pressed, fermented, and bottled.

Thursday 25th June

Friday 26th June