The Pear Tree is the latest in a new line of top class hotels with their own vineyard. Proprietor Francis Young has a radio show on wine tasting for Radio Swindon and writes for Pride of Britain magazine
The hotel started a vineyard at the Pear Tree in the Spring 2006. 300 Bacchus, 250 Seyval and 22 Pinot Noir have been planted so far. The plan is to produce sparkling from the Seyval and Pinot Noir and a still wine from the Bacchus. They have a 7.5 acre garden and they have planted one acre with the vines which are doing very well despite the rabbits. They have taken advice from Three Choirs and plan for them to bottle the end product. The hotel currently sells both Sparkling and Still wines from the nearby Bow in the Cloud vineyard.
Location: From Junction 6 of the M4, folow signs to Purton. Turn right at the Spar grocery, and the hotel is a quarter of a mile on the left.