Yew Tree

For those interested in provincial french wines from small producers – just head for this friendly, well run pub. They have a seating area in their small informal wine shop making it a sort of wine bar with nibbles and if you buy a bottle with your meal, they charge just the shop price plus £6. So you end up paying, say, £11, for a wine which in another pub would typically cost £18, or £16 instead of over £30, or even £25 instead of around £60 - the better the wine, the bigger the bargain. But they also have Cotswold Spring Gloucestershire's Glory, Sharps Doom Bar and Wickwar BOB on handpump, local farm cider and good value winter mulled wine; service is prompt and genial. The smallish two-room beamed bar has an attractive mix of small settles, a pew and character chairs around interesting tables including antiques, rugs on an unusual stone floor, and a warm woodburning stove. You can eat more formally up a few steps, in a carpeted dining room beyond a sofa by a big log fire; daily papers and unobtrusive piped nostalgic pop music. Teak tables on a side terrace are best placed for the views and there are steps down to a sturdy play area. Plenty of nearby walks.