A new getaway in South Kingstown is striving to provide the perfect mix of stress-relieving activities, as a destination resort hotel, spa and winery.
And after two years of a pandemic, the chance for the ultimate relaxation in this bucolic getaway spot is something guests at Shepherd’s Run cherish now more than ever, according to the business.
“People are looking for a unique experience,” said Susan Denice, general manager. “We’re not like a typical winery.”
Shepherd’s Run opened last summer on a historic, 30-acre estate with a 33,000-square-foot, two-story manor built with a Norman Romanesque architecture style, originally as a summer retreat owned by a Providence couple and later bought by the Roman Catholic Church and used as a nunnery and an all-girls boarding school.
Located at 4780 Tower Hill Road, the business features 10 guest rooms and a former church building that’s now a large indoor event hall used for weddings and fitness activities.
The business offers wine pours using riesling sourced from Seneca Lake, N.Y., pinot noir from Carneros, Calif., and a syrah from Wahluke Slope in Washington state. But Shepherd’s Run has already planted several acres of its own pinot noir, which should be ready in three years, Denice said.
Marc Larocque is a PBN staff writer. Contact him at Larocque@PBN.com.