Bring a bottle

If you’d rather splash your cash on a great meal out rather than on the wine head to Wivenhoe House.

Every Monday and Tuesday the hotel’s brasserie restaurant invites you to bring in your own choice of wine to accompany your meal and just pay £5 corkage for each bottle.

The brasserie’s wine expert Lionel Lachasseigne is always happy to recommend wine from the extensive inhouse cellar and he’s got just as good advice if you’re choosing a bottle from your favourite supermarket.

“Don’t be put off a bottle if it is a screwtop rather than a cork”, he says. “It doesn’t mean anything about the quality of the wine inside the bottle.”

“It’s you’re unsure what to choose, always go for a classic wine as you can’t go far wrong. If you’ve liked it in the past there’s a good chance you will like it now.

“You don’t have to spend a lot of money but stick with your favourites rather than be tempted by a special offer. It won’t turn out to be a bargain if you don’t drink it.”

Before bringing your wine to Wivenhoe House for your meal out, you do need to do a little bit of preparation to ensure the wine can be served at its best.

Lionel said: “If it’s a white wine keep it refrigerated for a couple of hours before bringing it and keep it wrapped in a teatowel for the journey here to maintain the temperature. We will decant bottles of red wines when you arrive, but try not to disturb the wine too much on your journey.”

Lionel is hosting our Venetian Wine dinner on Friday 28 September when he’ll be guiding us through some of the wonderful varieties of grapes in this beautiful area of Italy while you enjoy a gastronomic Italian themed dinner. Tables are available by calling the hotel on 01206 863666.

 

 

WHERE WE ARE

find us, however you travel
By car:

Whether approaching Wivenhoe House from London and the South or Ipswich and the North via the A12, take the exit marked Colchester (A133). Follow the A133 towards Clacton, ignore the entrance to the Knowledge Gateway, continue along the A133 then take the B1028 for Wivenhoe before turning right into Boundary Road, then right again into Park Road. The entrance for Wivenhoe House is shared with the University of Essex but Park Road leads you through Wivenhoe Park and you will be able to see the glorious house from the road.

For Sat Nav please use CO4 3FA.

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By train:

Colchester station, Colchester Town station, Wivenhoe station and Hythe stations are all between 10-15 minutes from Wivenhoe House by car. Trains run between London (Liverpool Street) and Colchester station every 10-20 minutes. The journey takes around an hour. Also connect with Colchester from Norwich, Ipswich, Felixstowe & Harwich. Some trains from London (Liverpool Street) also stop at Wivenhoe Station. When travelling from the Clacton/Walton direction, alight at Wivenhoe or Hythe Stations.


By plane:

Stansted airport is approximately 45 minutes from Wivenhoe House by car. Helicopter pad coordinates are 603200/223900.