Exeter Spread Eagle Club are always looking for new venues to add to our calendar of events. So when Lynne Ring suggested Froginwell to the committee, they were intrigued. “Froginwell ?” “Yes” said Lynne, “It is a new Vineyard, Wine Shop and Café. If you say the name slowly, you will understand why they called it that.”
And so we made Froginwell the venue for an up-coming coffee morning. Kate Jenkins, the co-owner, made us most welcome, with excellent hot coffee and tasty biscuits. In the vineyard they grow six varieties of grape, five white and one red, all very neatly tended and providing a lovely backdrop to the Café/Shop Barn. Some of us so enjoyed ourselves that we stayed for lunch!
But the real surprise was lurking in the shadows of that barn…a ten tonne steam traction engine! Kate explained that her father had owned it for more than thirty years, so it was almost part of the family. It certainly looked at home in its new location and provided a lot of interest amongst the assembled coffee drinkers. Lynne would have to work very hard to find another venue for the Club with such an interesting attraction.
Froginwell Vineyard, Wine Shop and Café
