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Plans for new vineyard at Devon luxury retreat

Published:  03 November, 2016

British chef Michael Caines has unveiled plans to open a luxury retreat in Devon and to scope out the land's vinification potential.

British chef Michael Caines has unveiled plans to open a luxury retreat in Devon and to scope out the land's vinification potential.

The chef said the project to open 21-bedroom hotel Lympstone Manor is the realisaiton of a long-held dream, and that "Everything that I have achieved in my long career has brought me to this point where I can fully express my vision of contemporary country house hospitality for the 21st century".

Caines, who has long claimed to champion local produce, is currently taking a year out to work on the project, with plans to plant a vineyard on nearby land on the slope leading down to the Exe estuary once in situ.

The two-Michelin star chef, who is from nearby Exeter, plans to make wines from Devon and the UK as well as fine wines from around the world a "central element" of Lympstone Manor.

Wine is shared passion for Caines and co-director Steve Edwards who has developed the wine list for the hotel.

There are two basement cellars as well as a wine tasting and dispense room opposite Lympstone Manor's three dining rooms located on the ground floor.

The tasting room will be used to house wine storage cabinets alongside a bank of Wine Emotion dispense machines for wines by the glass, as well as a sommeliers table where they plan to host tasting experiences.

Lympstone Manor is due to open spring 2017.

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