"Though the cultivation of wine in Wales goes back as far as Roman times, there wasn’t much of an industry here for most of the intervening millennia — a few short years ago the mention of Welsh wines would have been met in many places with puzzlement. But the local craft has advanced quickly enough to produce not only some notable exports but arguably the first hotel of its kind in the UK: the surprising and picturesque Llanerch Vineyard Hotel." - Tablet Hotels