Tag: Hampshire

Hampshire, England’s Eco-Friendly Luxury Hotel, Heckfield Place

A grand country house where the heavens feed the earth—and the guests

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The great English country house conjures dreamy images of horseback rides and strolls through rolling hills on misty mornings. Of piles of scones at afternoon tea. Of formal dress for grand dinners served beneath yellowing portraits of long-gone forebears. The reality of the modern English country house is, of course, not the same as the cliché, but it can be just as picturesque and memorable …

Bombay Gin’s Laverstoke Mill Distillery

A historic paper mill gets one of the most advanced botanical gardens in the UK

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On an average distillery visit, the most impressive fact tends to be that all the liquor pertaining to the brand (or many brands) has been created exactly where you are standing. While this is true of Bombay Gin‘s Laverstoke Mill Distillery, there’s far more at play. We toured the active production facility and visitor center and were taken aback—not only by the renovated paper mill …