A LUXURY hotel tucked away in the Yorkshire Dales has launched the only exclusive Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Tasting Room in the UK.

Yorebridge House, a historic Grade II listed Old School and Headmaster’s House, was converted into a ‘restaurant with rooms’ by its owners Dave and Charlotte Reilly.

Since its opening in 2008, the Bainbridge venue has won a clutch of awards and it has now partnered with the Champagne House Laurent-Perrier to open its exclusive tasting room.

The Reillys had felt for a long time that their wine cellar would be an ideal space to convert into a dedicated tasting room and they partnered with the champagne brand to launch ‘The Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Tasting Room’.

The room offers private dining for up to ten people, who will have their own dedicated staff and specially designed menus with champagne pairing for each course.

Mr Reilly said: “It has been quite a journey, from drawing up the plans, to the actual completion, and the launch event.

“It’s an old building dating back to the 1850s, so we weren’t sure what we would come across.

“And there were quite a few challenges to face with the structure of the building, not least getting a beautiful, bespoke and rather large Italian Marble table top down the narrow stairs.

“But the end results are way beyond what we first set out to achieve. “We are absolutely delighted, and know that our guests will love our very special, exclusive Laurent-Perrier Tasting Room.”

David Hesketh, the managing director of Laurent-Perrier UK Ltd, visited Yorebridge house himself to officially open the new room.

He said: “Champagne Laurent-Perrier are delighted that our continued partnership with Yorebridge House Hotel sees the opening of the only dedicated Grand Siècle Tasting Room in the UK.

“The transformed cellars of this marvellous boutique hotel boast a unique atmospheric space in which to pair the great champagnes of Laurent-Perrier with The Dales’ finest cooking.”

The next addition to the developments at Yorebridge House will be the conversion of The Barn into self-contained accommodation.

This is set to be completed by the end of the year.

It will be named ‘The Alexandra’, in honour and recognition of one of the daughters of the family of Bernard de Nonancourt, who were the initiators of the Laurent-Perrier style and range.