English Wine Dinner

An evening of the finest English food and wine hosted by Head Sommelier, Lionel Lachesseigne

This fantastic event will take place on Friday 5 April in one of our wonderful rooms in the Grade II listed main house.

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Five course menu

Amuse 

  • Colchester rock oyster
  • Red onion marmalade tartlet, pickled walnut and pear

Starter 

  • Somerset goat’s cheese, crisp apple and chicory salad, hazelnut dressing Fish
  • Hampshire chalk stream trout, watercress, cucumber and horseradish
  • Pumpkin ravioli, spring onion, pea and asparagus cream

Main 

  • Braised Dedham Vale feather blade steak, celeriac puree, bacon and parsnip crisp
  • Wild mushroom and beetroot suet pudding, celeriac mash, balsamic onion gravy

Dessert 

  • Eton Mess

Tickets:

Five course wine dinner: £72 per person

How to book

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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.