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Martin Bell OBE Literary Lunch
Friday, 5th February
The man familiar on our TV screens for wearing a white suit has since become democracy’s white knight, never hesitating to expose the scandals and sleaze of the British political establishment. With a general election looming, this is the moment to meet and hear Martin Bell.
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Mr. Paul Chan, Kit Chapman’s Hong Kong Tailor, returns to Taunton
Tuesday, February 9th
Just to let you know that our old friend and tailor extraordinaire from Hong Kong, Paul Chan, will be in residence on Tuesday, 9th February.
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St Valentine’s Day Dinner with a Glass of Moet Rosé
Sunday, February 14th
For the love of your life, (or to make the best possible impression!), the St Valentine’s dinner at The Castle Restaurant is an occasion you will both remember for many years to come.
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St Valentine’s Day Dinner at BRAZZ with Jazz Singer
Sunday, February 14th
Taunton’s trend-setting brasserie is an idyllic choice for a romantic evening with your Valentine.
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The Wihan Quartet at The Castle
Friday – Sunday, February 19th – 21st
A weekend programme of quartets by Beethoven and Schubert, Schubert’s Quintet in C, and – the ‘hidden gem’, Anton Arensky’s magnificent String Quartet for violin, viola and two cellos (1888), performed by one of the great string quartets in the world today.
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The Schumann Weekend at The CastleFriday – Sunday, March 12th – 14th
The Music Room at The Castle is ideally suited to performances of chamber music, solo piano and song and therefore to celebrate the bicentenary of Robert Schumann’s birth. Joining us for the Schumann Weekend will be the Mandelring Quartet, Ian Fountain (piano), Stephan Loges (baritone) and Eugene Asti (piano).
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From Jazz to Joni Mitchell. ECLECTICA! in concert
Friday, 26th March, 2010: 6.15pm in the Music Room
An Evening of Jazz and Songs from the Americas with a Latin Gypsy Flavour.  This exciting quartet has attracted great critical acclaim for “redefining” the string quartet with recitals all over Britain.
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Vienna Piano Trio at The Castle Taunton
Friday – Sunday, April 16th – 18th
A weekend of piano music by the Vienna Piano Trio, the leading ensemble in its field. Their recordings encompass a large part of the core repertoire for piano. We warmly welcome the return of the Vienna Piano Trio to The Castle as part of our celebration to mark the Robert Schumann bicentenary.
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An Evening with Timothy West CBE and Prunella Scales CBE
Friday, April 23rd
An evening of theatrical reminiscences from two of Britain’s most distinguished thespians. Further details to follow.
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The Castle Dining Club Bibendum Dinner
Thursday, May 13th
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The Castle Garden Party
Sunday, July 4th
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The Gentlemen of St. John’s at the Castle
Friday, July 23rd
Entertainment between courses.
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The Castle 60th Anniversary Weekend
Friday – Sunday, October 15th – 17th
The Diamond Anniversary of Mr. Peter Chapman and the Chapman Family’s arrival at the Castle. Details to follow but there will be a celebration dinner on Saturday, 16th for which Gary Rhodes, Richard Guest and Dominic Chapman will cook one course each.
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Writers at the Castle: History Weekend
Friday – Sunday, November 5th – 7th
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Christmas and New Year Celebrations 2010
December 24th – January 1st
Once again, the festive season at The Castle promises to be a grand affair. The decorations always look fabulous and everyone here really knows how to celebrate. All you have to do is relax and let it happen.
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The luxury boutique hotel in the New Forest, near Southampton, Hotel TerraVina, now has an impressive schedule of popular events throughout the year. What’s different about these events is that they’re in one way or another beneficial. Here’s the schedule for 2010 so far:

Wednesday, January 27th 2010
‘Weight Loss and Healthy Eating’ Lunch
Special 2-course winter lunch with an after-lunch talk by Karen Guttridge from Slim Focus, who specialise in weight loss and healthy eating patterns.

Monday, February 8th – Friday, February 12th
Valentine Tasting Menu
A delicious tasting menu created especially for Valentine’s, with wines carefully selected to match each course by Gerard Basset and the TerraVina wine team, in the stylish ’sexy’ restaurant that’s a favourite in the New Forest.

Sunday, February 14th
Romantic Valentine’s Dinner
A romantic dinner on Valentine’s Day in a ’sexy’ restaurant in a voguish boutique hotel has to be a romantic’s delight.

Wednesday, February 24th 2010
‘The Healing Properties of Aloe Vera’ Lunch
Very few people actually know how wonderful and very versatile Aloe Vera really is. This event includes an Aloe Vera ‘goody bag’ for everyone.

Thursday, March 25th 2010
‘Floral Enchantment’ Lunch
Linda Lemmon of Floral Enchantment will host a talk on the healing properties of flowers.

Thursday, April 22nd 2010
‘Positive Health Naturally’ Lunch
presented by Dinah Smith, a personal health advisor specialising in organic treatments and natural therapies. This event includes a personal health analysis.

Thursday, May 27nd 2010
‘Focus On You’ Lunch
Christine Etheridge will demonstrate how different glasses can enhance your appearance and dramatically alter the shape of your face.

Thursday, June 24th 2010
‘Hypnotherapy Secrets Revealed’ Lunch
Derek Palmer will be speaking about the life-enhancing benefits that can flow from therapeutic hypnosis and about Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Meridian Energy Therapy.

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Hotel TerraVina, the boutique hotel in the New Forest, is well-known as a ‘wine hotel’, hardly surprising when the hotel is owned by Gerard Basset, the only person in the world to hold the combined qualifications of Master Sommelier, Master of Wine and a Wine MBA, and TerraVina sommelier, Laura Rhys, was UK Sommelier of the Year 2009.

Gerard and the wine team regularly host very popular wine evenings:
January 24th 2010
An Evening with Bob ‘The Cat’ Bevan MBE, a fabulously funny raconteur who writes for Lord Coe, Sir David Frost, William Hague and other MPs and industrialists.
February 21st 2010
The Wines from Iona Winery, Elgin
with Andrew Gunn, proprietor of Iona winery from the beautiful area of Elgin in South Africa, a fairly new wine area which is showing great promise for cool climate viticulture.
March 21st 2010
An Overview of the Rothschild Wine Stable
with Mr Christopher Campbell, Managing Director of Rothschild Waddesdon Wines, one of whose roles is running the wine interests for Lord (Jacob) Rothschild.

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The Castle Hotel in Taunton is now well established as a venue for some excellent events throughout the year with guests coming from all over the country, and beyond, to experience this beautiful hotel at its best. On January 15-17, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet will be performing. ‘This programme provides a sequence of delights, well-known and little-known pieces ranging from the 17th to the 21st centuries.’ Guests will have plenty of opportunities to meet and chat with the musicians. On February 5, there’s a Literary Lunch with Martin Bell OBE, particularly appropriate with a generral election looming. On March 26th, there’s an Evening of Jazz and Songs from the Americas with a Latin Gypsy Flavour with the ECLECTICA!

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Beechfield House is a small, luxury hotel gem in the heart of Wiltshire that’s offering some extremely appealing special breaks during the next couple of months. The Winter Special Break is offering two nights for the price of one and the Valentine’s Break will appeal to romantics who fancy a little quiet romantic bliss away from it all in beautiful Wiltshire. The Classic Sports Car Break is popular throughout the year with those like to experience driving like it used to be around the lanes of Wiltshire and the Cotswolds.

There are three beauty breaks available courtesy of the hotel’s ‘beauty centre’, which specialises in Pure Fiji’ beauty treatment and which is now recognised as one of the finest beauty salons in the Bath/Chippenham area. Each of the breaks includes beauty treatments. There’s a Babymoon Break for those couples who are expecting a baby soon, a Mother and Daughter Break and a Luxury Detox Break.

There’s the Longleat Break, always popular with families, that includes tickets to nearby Longleat Safari Park (NB Longleat doesn’t open daily until March 27th). There’s a Champagne Break which is just a good excuse to get away from it all and finally, there’s a 50% incentive to stay Sunday night, a simple Sunday Night Break.

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Thursday, 26th November, 2009

Kit and Louise Chapman and friends are hosting a grand Moët & Chandon dinner at The Castle Taunton, featuring some of the most outstanding champagnes and wines from the cellars of Moët & Chandon, including Moët’s 2003 vintage at the welcome party. This is followed by a four-course feast prepared by Chef Richard Guest matched by a list of legendary labels from around the world:

• Dom Perignon.
• Cloudy Bay from New Zealand.
• Cheval des Andes, Argentina’s famous joint-venture with Château Cheval Blanc.
• Le Petit Cheval, Cheval Blanc’s second wine.
• And a glass of Veuve Clicquot to end the evening.

An evening not to be missed.

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Champagne expert, Champagne lover and Master of Wine, David Hesketh, Managing Director of Laurent-Perrier UK, joins Gerard Basset at the Laurent Perrier Champagne Dinner at Hotel TerraVina in the New Forest in Hampshire. David Hesketh will share with diners his passion about the delicious Laurent-Perrier Champagnes served during dinner.

Please not, there are special Sunday night and Monday night rates. If you’d like to make the most of this enjoyable evening, there’s a special rate for those attending of only £110 per bedroom (including full English breakfast) for the Sunday night.

Hotel TerraVina is the boutique hotel in the New Forest, owned by Gerard and Nina Basset. Gerard was co-founder of Hotel du Vin.

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Longleat breaks at Beechfield House hotel combine the the finest luxury accommodation of any country house hotel near Longleat with the all the facilities and comfort of a luxury family hotel. There are rooms at this lovely hotel that can comfortably accommodate families of five.

The Beechfield House Longleat break includes Passport tickets to Longleat Safari Park Longleat; wild animals, the Longleat hedge maze (even satnav won’t help!), Safari boats to see the sea lions, the Longleat railway, the Adventure Castle. It’s probably the most famous family attraction in the country and one of the most enjoyable family days out.

Combine all this with the luxurious comfort of the hotel and fabulous food (for the kids as well), an ever-tempting heated outdoor pool, lovely gardens, and it’s easy to appreciate why a Longleat Safari Break is so appealing to families.

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On June 21st, Jason Yapp will share his passion for the wines of Provence at Hotel TerraVina in the New Forest. Established in 1969, Yapp Brothers is a boutique wine merchant located in the village of Mere in Wiltshire.   Through dinner, Jason will share both his in-depth expertise and his real passion for the wines of Provence, an area better known for its renowned painters, its Mediterranean cuisine and its sunny weather than for its wines.  However, during the past few years, some real gems and world class wines have regularly emerged from this beautiful region.
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Sunday 21st June from 12 noon

On Sunday, June 21st, The Castle at Taunton hosts one of Taunton’s most popular social events of the year. The Midsummer Garden Party is held in the beautiful rose garden of The Castle, a secret treasure in the heart of Taunton that belies the surrounding evidence of the castle’s turbulent past. The party always produces a stimulating mix of interesting people whose feet involuntarily tap to live jazz.
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