Stanlake Park Wine Estate

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Stanlake Park Wine Estate is the largest vineyard in the English county of Berkshire.[1] It is situated near to Twyford, in the parishes of Hurst and Ruscombe.[2]

Vineyard and winery[]

The vineyard has some 30,000 vines on 25 acres (100,000 m2) and around a dozen different varieties of wine are made, as well as two liqueurs.[3] The winery also makes wine for many other English vineyards and during a high yield year, the estate processes between 150 and 200 tons of grapes.[4] It was originally known as Thames Valley Vineyards and was first planted in 1979, by Jon. S.E Leighton,[5] a later life Viticulturist, educated externally by Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Australia.

Country house[]

Stanlake Park manor house

Stanlake Park has a 16th-century Elizabethan country house at the centre of the estate.[6] It is the manor house of Hinton Pipard.[7] It was built by the Aldworth family, who lived there before becoming Barons Braybrooke and moving to Billingbear House.[8] They fought for Charles I during the English Civil War and, in 1646, Richard Aldworth founded Reading Blue Coat School.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.eatmytown.co.uk/Enjoy_award_winning_Thames_Valley_wines_in_English_Wine_Week.html
  2. ^ "Ruscombe Genealogy Resources & Parish Registers | Berkshire".
  3. ^ http://www.wineeducators.com/awe%20inspiring%20news/eNovember%202008d%20gf3213fd13d2h1fg5h4.htm#Stanlake
  4. ^ http://www.stanlakepark.com/about_us/stanlake_park_today[dead link]
  5. ^ http://www.stanlakepark.com/about_us/our_history[dead link]
  6. ^ "Parishes: Hurst | British History Online".
  7. ^ "Berkshire History: Moated Manor Houses".
  8. ^ "The Neville papers".
  9. ^ http://ourportal.rbcs.org.uk/Docs/Pages/AldworthHouse.aspx

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