Their story
Commonwood Farm is a family farm in the Teme Valley at Knighton on Teme, Worcestershire, where the same family has farmed since 1887; Sarah and Bruce Starkey, the current generation, are named on the business's own website, with Bruce bringing a horticultural background and Sarah experience from the food and drink industry. The farm's Bannut Orchard is a traditional perry pear orchard believed to have been planted in the late 1700s, alongside cider apple trees including Kingston Black. They make bottle-fermented and bag-in-box perries, a single-variety Kingston Black cider, apple juice and a pear brandy liqueur, sold through their own online shop, click & collect, and private tastings by arrangement.
The Bannut Orchard is a traditional perry pear orchard on the farm believed to have been planted in the late 1700s; cider apples, including Kingston Black, and Red Windsor eating apples are also grown on the farm at Knighton on Teme.
Apples and pears they nameKingston Black, Red Windsor, Thorn, Oldfields, Winnal's Longdon, Brandy, Gin, Judge Amphlett, Butt
What they make
- Vintage Sparkling Cider 2024 medium dry, lightly sparkling, single-variety Kingston Black
- Bottle Fermented Sparkling Vintage Perry 2022 dry, méthode traditionnelle, 6.5% ABV
- Sparkling Vintage Perry 2025 medium, lightly sparkling, 6.5% ABV
- Peggy's Perry still, medium, 5.5% ABV, bag-in-box
- Apple Juice single-variety, from Red Windsor apples
- Honey Spiced Pear Brandy Liqueur triple-distilled perry pear brandy, aged 3 years in bourbon casks, blended with honey and spices
Visiting
Online shop with click & collect
Tastings: Yes. Private tastings and seasonal pop-up events (such as an autumn pumpkin workshop) are by appointment; contact by phone or email to arrange a visit.
Where to buy
- Online, direct from the maker commonwoodfarm.com
- At the farm or cidery When open
- Swan Garage, Tenbury Wells Stockist
Their events
An Autumnal Pumpkin Workshop (a floral-arrangement session run with The Plant and Petal Ltd) on 29-30 October; otherwise visitor activity is private tastings and pop-ups by appointment rather than a fixed events programme.