Stanlake Park Wine Estate is the largest

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in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated near to Twyford, in the parishes of

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and Ruscombe.

Vineyard and winery

The Estate is located in Royal Berkshire and has 4 vineyards covering 10 acres of the 130 acre estate. url=https://www.gbvg.uk/vineyard/stanlake-park-wine-estate It was originally known as Thames Valley Vineyards and was first planted in 1979, by the (then) owner, Jon. S.E Leighton. The winemaker is Nico Centonze from Puglia, Italy.

Manor house

Stanlake Park has a 17th-century Elizabethan country house at the centre of the estate. It was the

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of Hinton Pipard and was built by the Aldworth family, who lived there before becoming

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and moving to

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. They fought for

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during the

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and, in 1646, Richard Aldworth founded

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References

External links

Stanlake Park website
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