点评:Saturday 14th June 2025, as As our journey down to Devon had not taken us so long we decided to visit The Alder Vineyard at Lewdown.
Alder Vineyard has been run by four generations of the Westlake family, lies on a south facing, well drained part of the Alder Estate. Set at the foot of picturesque Dartmoor, in the rolling Devon hills, the Alder Vineyard produces quality red and white grapes.
We arrived at the vineyard and were greeted by Sarah. Sarah is very passionate and very much involved with the vineyard; her enthusiasm is infectious and the wonder of the place is a beauty to behold.
Since we last visited in May 2024. Tom and the team had planted 1,500 vines to produce a Sauvignon Blanc wine. June 2025, Tom and the team have produced their first sparkling white wine, which we sampled, it is delicious and tastes like pear wine and is not too fizzy.
The family also built a purpose built café with wonderful views over their lovely Lew Valley vineyard. The café specialises in using locally grown produce and has gained a real reputation in this area and in 2023 and again in 2024 won the Best Café in Devon Award.
As it was a late in the day, we did not use the café as it was closing soon. Sarah came over and there were big hugs all around and we caught up on news and gossip, it was nice to catch up.
My husband and I purchased three bottles of the white wine and three bottles of rose wine as well as a bottle of their new sparkling wine. We will definitely be coming back here again, next time we are in Devon, maybe later on in the year. My husband and I packed our wine into the car and said our farewells to Sarah after thanking them for all their kindness to us.
翻译:2025年6月14日,星期六,由于我们前往德文郡的旅程没有花费太多时间,我们决定参观位于Lewdown的Alder葡萄园。
Alder葡萄园由Westlake家族四代人经营,位于Alder庄园朝南、排水良好的区域。Alder葡萄园坐落在风景如画的达特穆尔山脚下,德文郡连绵起伏的丘陵之中,出产优质的红葡萄和白葡萄。
我们到达葡萄园后,Sarah热情地迎接了我们。Sarah对葡萄园充满热情,全身心投入其中;她的热情极具感染力,这里的美景令人叹为观止。
自从我们上次在2024年5月参观以来,Tom和他的团队已经种植了1500棵葡萄树,用于酿造长相思葡萄酒。2025年6月,Tom和他的团队酿造了他们的第一款起泡白葡萄酒,我们品尝了这款酒,它口感醇厚,带有梨酒的风味,而且气泡不多。
这家人还专门建造了一家咖啡馆,可以俯瞰他们美丽的卢河谷葡萄园的壮丽景色。这家咖啡馆以本地农产品为特色,在当地享有盛誉,并于2023年和2024年两次荣获德文郡最佳咖啡馆奖。
由于时间已晚,咖啡馆很快就要关门了,我们没有去。莎拉过来和我们热情拥抱,我们聊了聊最近发生的事情和八卦,聊得非常愉快。
我和丈夫买了三瓶白葡萄酒、三瓶桃红葡萄酒,以及一瓶他们新出的起泡酒。下次我们来德文郡的时候,也许今年晚些时候,我们一定会再来这里。我和丈夫把酒装上车,感谢莎拉对我们的热情款待后,向她道别。