We are running Wine Tastings with restaurant critic Laura Hadland one Saturday per month. See events page. You will need to book promptly as these are proving very popular.
We are re-branding ourselves as Rothley Wine Estate. Kingfishers’ Pool vineyard was getting confused with hot tub companies! Kingfishers’ Pool still exists, as does Rothley Wine Ltd, but the new name allows us to be more specific to our geography. We are keeping the kingfisher logo.
The two acre vineyard (0.49 hectare under vine) is located in the village of Rothley. http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/rothley/ between the Rothley Court Hotel and the G.C.R. steam railway station.The boutique winery installed new equipment to ensure quality production and comply with relevant standards. We can accommodate small groups of up to eight in our conservatory tasting room. See a review in the Leicester Mercury http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/father-s-day-11-great-gift-experiences-available-in-leicestershire/story-30364061-detail/story.html
We are getting known in English wine circles, see http://greatbritishwine.com/wineries/rothley-wine-estate/ and in Niche magazine on
There has been much local interest. Radio Leicester have done 4 interviews. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031c1cs http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p025z84b http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0390lgh
The winery where wines are lovingly made
Review by Leicestershire wine blogger Laura Hadland http://extremehousewife.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/leicester-food.html http://extremehousewife.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/english-wine-rothley-wine.html#comment-form
The Leicester Mercury ran an half page article on 4th July 2015 http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Leicester-vineyard-wins-national-awards-wines/story-26821438-detail/story.html and the Loughborough Echo soon after http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/vineyard-scoops-two-national-accolades-9831728?utm_content=buffer9bcc2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
De Montfort University featured us and our volunteers on our website http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2015/july/awards-success-for-liz-and-her-bunch-of-dmu-grape-crushers.aspx
and view back copies of the Rothley Post:
http://issuu.com/birstallpost/docs/rp14_11_109 (page 3)
http://issuu.com/birstallpost/docs/rp12_11_097
http://issuu.com/birstallpost/docs/rp13_11_103
http://issuu.com/birstallpost/docs/rp911111web