Vineyard Tour, Tasting and Lunch for Two
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Overview
Perfect for wine lovers and fruit fanatics alike, this Tour, Tasting and Lunch experience will provide you with a fascinating insight into the world of English wine production. This vineyard in East Sussex is a long-established, family run business that welcomes you to join them for an entertaining tour around their 37 acres of vines.
Your experienced tour guide will give you an overview of English wine-making, discuss its history and how their vineyard differs to a continental vineyard. Discover the secrets of the wine making process, how sparkling wine is created and what the phrase ‘methode champenoise’ means. Learn how the wine is tilted and turned in order to extract the sediment and then enjoy a tasting session of the vineyard's award winning wines.
Included in your experience is lunch with a glass of wine or soft drink.
- SKU
- PCARRL SP6
- Locations
- 1 in the UK
- People
- For 2
- Validity
- 5 Months
- Rating
- 4.7 (36)
What's Included
- Tea or coffee on arrival
- Vineyard group tour with an experienced member of staff
- Lunch with wine or soft drinks
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
On your arrival at the vineyard you will be required to hand in your voucher to a member of staff and register. You will be introduced to your tour guide and group and your experience will begin. You will be shown around the 37 acre vineyard and hear many interesting facts about how the vines are grown and tended to. You’ll be led to the winery and bottling plant to discover more about the production process and you will then be seen into the tasting room. You’ll be welcome to sample the award winning products on offer and ask any questions you may have.
Tea and coffee on arrival, lunch with wine or soft drinks, are all included with your experience. You will also have the opportunity to purchase further wine from the vineyard store
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 18
- There is some slightly uneven ground in the vineyard, occasional steps and one flight of stairs to the tasting room
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary
Availability
Your voucher is valid for five months from the date of issue. It is essential that you book and take your experience before this date. This voucher cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
This experience is available on most weekends and selected weekdays throughout the year. Please contact the supplier at the time of booking for updated availability.
We recommend you book at least four weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. For the summer months, you should book at least two to three months in advance. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow up 2 hours 30 minutes for the whole experience, including lunch.
What about insurance?
The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.
Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.
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bill
28/08/2021
good tour
a good morning, nice tour guide, lovely sunny weather and great lunch.
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Julie
29/10/2020
Excellent day out
We recently went on a tour of the Carr Taylor vineyard in Hastings. Great way to spend an afternoon including a very interesting tour of the operations, instructions on how to 'properly' drink wine and a very tasty lunch. Excellent value for money and a lovely team managing the day.
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Andy B
12/09/2020
Excellent morning's entertainment
The vineyard belongs to a small family-owned business called Carr Taylor. Not as slick as Chapel Down or Benenden but the better for it, in my opinion. The guide was a chap called Malcolm who was funny and informative and certainly knew his stuff. The balance between tour and tasting was about right and the ploughman's lunch afterwards was delicious. The wines were excellent and good value. Definitely worth a trip.
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Jim Kedge
19/03/2020
Lovely people
Lovely people-we look forward to going back with friends in the Autumn
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Dawn
08/03/2020
A Great Day Out
On a cold, wet and windy day we did the Carr Taylor Vineyard Tour, Tasting and lunch. Our guide was hilarious and very knowledgable. The tour was the perfect length to hold our interest and the wines were fantastic. A substantial buffet lunch with more wine made for a great day out. I would definitely recommend it.
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Vicki
07/03/2020
Excelend day very informative
CarrTaylor Vineyard tour guide very good Excelent staff food and drink very nice
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Helen
02/02/2020
Wine tour
Fantastic tour guide, very interesting. He was extremely knowledgeable. Simple but good lunch. The buildings could do with a bit of attention.
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Bill
05/09/2019
A lovely day well spent.
It was a birthday gift well thought about and given. Everything was organised very well, from the moment we arrived to the end with a lovely ploughman’s buffet. Enjoyed very much.
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Graham
22/08/2019
Great Birthday Gift!
We had a lovely visit, starting with coffee, followed by an amusing and informative tour round the Vineyard. This was followed by a very comprehensive wine tasting, then a fantastic ploughman’s lunch with yet more wine! Lovely people who are proud to show their business and looked after us exceptionally well.
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Mr & Mrs R Oiller
13/08/2019
Carr-Taylor Vineyard
Very good "nuts & bolts" vineyard. Dave "the hat" brilliant and very knowledgable . Buffet lunch excellent. All in all top class experience.
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Ilsa
07/08/2019
Fabulous- thoroughly enjoyable
David, our tour guide was informative & funny! A thoroughly enjoyable day! And lunch was good too!!
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Gi & Ashley
28/07/2019
We learned a lot about wine!!
Great experience! The tour guide was very knowledgable. Nice wines, but our favourite one it was the sparkling rose wine.
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Kerry
18/06/2019
Such good value for money!
Such a great day. A lovely tour guide took us round the vineyard for a very informative tour but great sense of humour too. Followed by tasting of lovely wines with an amazing lunch buffet of cheese pate salad pork pie etc etc! Would recommend!! Thank you!
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Sue
28/03/2019
Great day out
Interesting tour, superb wine tasting and delicious lunch.
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Mrs P
22/02/2019
Informative and fun day out
Rustic and quirky premises but totally professional and very informative and entertaining tour, delicious wine and great lunch.
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Dave Wheeler
17/10/2018
Great Wine Tour
A lovely morning with an excellent and knowledgable guide the wine was pretty good too
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Kevin Roberts
19/08/2018
Vinyard tour
Excellent service, Dave the hat was an excellent tour guide, very informative. Lovely lunch.
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Hews
13/08/2018
Vineyard and lunch
Extremely informative, nice welcome with coffee and nice lunch
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Nick
28/07/2018
Great day out
Very knowledgeable and entertaining tour guide. Great atmosphere. Good lunch, and enjoyable wine-tasting session. Altogether a good day out.
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Karen
15/02/2018
Lovely birthday gift
Birthday gift from my friend. Very accommodating company, easy booking. Tour was really interesting. Wine tasting was not scrimped. Plenty to sample. Wine was lovely, which made me buy many bottles. Tasty lunch plenty too. Had a fabulous morning
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Karen
22/09/2017
Lovely
Brilliant Birthday present
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Julia
16/08/2017
Great day out
The vineyard tour, tasting and lunch tour was brilliant. The guide was knowledgeable, informative and entertaining and the wine tasting and lunch were a perfect end to the tour.
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Norman Lewis
12/08/2017
Great day out, excellent value.
Fantastic vineyard, fantastic chap taking the tour (David the Hat) great vibe throughout.
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C
28/10/2016
Vineyard Tour & Meal
Really enjoyed it!
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Andy
08/06/2016
Lovely day!
Really enjoyable day, learning about the wine making process, the history of the vineyard and trying out some of the different varieties. A very down to earth vineyard. The guide was great company.
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Dave
01/06/2016
Vineyard Tour
Easy booking process & a brill day out
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Doug
02/10/2019
Tradition triumphs
A pleasing experience with a knowledgeable & amusing guide; an excellent lunch & a comfortable relaxed atmosphere.
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Joyce
26/09/2019
Great day
The tour and tasting was a great experience and I would recommend it to friends.
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Shirley
15/05/2019
Enjoyable day out
Carr Taylor Vineyards - Refreshments on arrival, guided tour, lunch with wine or soft drink. Beautiful location, very well organised and interesting. Lunch was over and above expectations. Would recommend
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Lucas
03/10/2018
Carr Taylor vineyard tour
A great way to spend a morning, with a very knowledgeable tour guide.
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Roger Blaydon
16/09/2018
Very good day!
Very good day apart from the weather - first rain a couple of weeks! David - the wine expert - was very knowledgeable, using uncomplicated layman’s terms in his descriptions and instructions for tasting. Unfortunately we did not go into the vineyards due to the weather. Buffet lunch was plentiful and hearty. Altogether a very good experience and definitely recommended.
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Pat
01/07/2018
A vineyard in the sun
A well managed vineyard tour with an interesting and entertaining guide. Lunch in the sun was very pleasant !
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Luke S
05/08/2017
Good afternoon
Good selection of wines, with plenty of information given by Dave 'the hat' in an informal manner. Lunch was rustic and plentiful. Worth a visit.
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Guinness
09/06/2016
vineyard tour
Informative day. Lovely buffet. Good selection of home produced English wines. Pleasantly surprised at how tasty they were.
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Laughingnun
29/08/2019
Different
Wine tasting experience in Hastings was something very different for me so didn’t know what to expect. Voucher was bought as a gift so once we decided when we wanted to go it was very easy to contact the company and organise.Would definitely recommend buying from Virgin again as was v easy . Not much wine involved - small taste size samples tried but I found out a lot about how to do tasting properly.The venue was not particularly great and was unsuitable for people with mobility issues.
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none
27/07/2019
poor
The whole place was dirty, filthy cobwebs broken windows rotting frames dirty seat with food left on them. Did not eat any food there, yet lunch was included.
Locations
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South East
- Hastings, East Sussex