Tiltridge Farm and Vineyard
Upper Hook Road, Upton Upon Severn, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR8 0SA
Telephone: 01684 592906
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Welcome
Tiltridge Farm is situated in the Severn Valley approximately one mile west of the attractive riverside town of Upton-upon-Severn and close to the Malvern Hills. We offer bed & breakfast accommodation in the farmhouse and have a thriving Vineyard.
Tiltridge Farm used to be a County Council property run by tenant farmers. The last of the family died in 1982 and since the farm was rather run down and would have cost a considerable amount of money to repair, the Council decided to sell up. We were lucky enough to buy the house together with a small parcel of land and spent the next eighteen months or so doing the necessary repairs. The barn was renovated more recently.
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 | Rooms
The house itself is quite old. The original building was a small timber-framed cottage built in the late seventeenth century. A large Georgian frontage was put on in the eighteenth century and a Victorian extension added in the nineteenth. With plenty of space, it seemed a good idea to start doing bed and breakfast!
At the moment I let out three bedrooms - two double and one twin (which converts easily into a third double bed). Two of these rooms can take extra beds for a family and all have their own bathroom, TV, the usual tea making facilities and free wireless internet.
Downstairs there is a big sitting room with a large inglenook fireplace where there is a television and video, and a separate dining room for breakfast.
Outside there is a south facing terrace (quite pleasant for a cup of tea or a glass of wine) and you can always have a wander round the vineyards or say hello to our chickens over the way who work so hard to provide part of your breakfast!
I make an effort to use local produce - the bread is from Upton, the apple juice comes from the fruit farm next door, the sausages are from Malvern and the eggs and jams and marmalades are our own.
We own about nine acres of land of which one and a half is given over to two vineyards. These we planted back in 1988 and 1989 and they are now maturing and producing some very drinkable white wines for which we have won several awards. We have recently planted a small area with a red variety from which we are currently making our first red wine. We would of course be happy to give you a tasting during your stay.
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The Vineyard
Tiltridge Vineyard is situated in the Severn Valley approximately one mile west of the attractive riverside town of Upton-upon-Severn and close to the Malvern Hills.
The vineyard itself is a small family-run concern which began life in the Springs of 1988 and 1989 when the two vineyards were planted. Our first commercial crop was picked in 1991 and we have been open to the public since 1992.
Three varieties of vine were originally planted, two of German stock called Schonburger and Huxelrebe and a French variety called Seyval Blanc.
Our wines are distinctively crisp, clean and fragrant, characteristics typical of the English style, and have earned considerable success at competitions. In 1994 we won a Bronze Award in the national English Wine of the Year competition and "Wine of the Year" in the South West Vineyards Association annual competition.
Recently we have successfully produced quality sparkling wines made by the "methode champagnoise" (for which we won a second national Bronze Medal in 1996 and a third in 1998). Another new venture for us is the production of a lightly oaked wine made from our Seyval grapes. The base wine was kept on oak chippings for several months and has produced a dry wine with a lovely buttery tone. We have now purchased our own oak barrel and are in the process of producing our second oaked wine.
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