'Whether it’s enjoying a cheese board with wine around the camp fire or one of our fine wine and dining experience with a top chef, we want people to have a real experience when they visit us,' America says.
If a fizz-fuelled weekend of glamping sounds like your idea of fun then Oastbrook Estate, near Robertsbridge, has eight luxury bell tents available to rent but it is probably better known for its Hobbit House – a quirky wooden hideout fit for Frodo Baggins and friends. Here there are two shepherd huts, which start from just £100 per night, while groups of up to 10 or 14 are catered for in the Vineyard Cottage and Oxney Barns. You can always extend your stay in the area, at another of Sussex’s vineyards that is committed to sustainability – Oxney Organic Estate , in Bexley. Dinner, bed and breakfast rates start from £250 for a mid-week break. You can stay here too, either in one of 11 rooms housed in a converted hop farm or, from May to September, in one of two high-spec bell tents. Here you’ll find an exceptional restaurant serving a la carte meals showcasing the best ingredients grown both on the farm, or sourced from growers and producers in the surrounding area. Stone-fired pizzas are also available in the recently revamped Dutch Barn and terrace overlooking the vines and their wildflower borders. Visitors can enjoy local produce and homemade brunch treats, such as yogurt with fresh berries, honey and granola and home-baked banana bread alongside free-flowing Kingscote 2019 Sparkling Brut for £30 per person.įoodies are also in for a treat at Tillingham, a biodynamic vineyard in Peasmarsh, which specialises in natural wines and is committed to farming in a diverse, poly-cultural way. Not only can you spend the night in the recently refurbished two-bedroom coach house on the estate (£180 per night) but, if you stay on a Saturday, you can wake up and enjoy bottomless brunch the next morning. Kingscote Estate and Vineyard in East Grinstead is another great spot for a celebratory weekend away. Sessions, which can be booked individually or as a group and make for a great birthday, hen or stag celebration activity, run each Friday when you can make your own gin with prices starting from £80 per person.
They’re part of a recent investment project at the estate – owned by Gail Garner and her family – which also includes a restaurant and gin school. Inside the dog-friendly lodges, there’s plenty of wine-related memorabilia to satisfy observant oenophiles but the best part is the bi-folding glass doors that open onto to a terrace, providing the perfect spot to enjoy a glass or two of Tinwood’s sparkling wines, which recently picked up gold awards at the International Wine & Spirit Competition and International Wine Challenge.ĭesigned and built by Lewes-based architect Will Hardie, of Channel Four’s Amazing Spaces, the immaculate one and two-bedroom lodges feature luxurious fabrics, copper roll-top baths and cost from £225 per night.
As Food and Farming Minister Victoria Prentis says: 'Now we can together have a glass of Sussex.'Īt Tinwood, right next door to Goodwood near Chichester, three stylish lodges overlook the rows of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier vines, which were planted at this former lettuce farm in 2007. Now you no longer need ask for a glass of Champagne. That'll be the sunny micro climate and the terroir. The announcement from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs comes seven years after wine makers first made their application - and highlights that the wines must also have 'features and characteristics' due to the area. Others include Scotch whisky, Cornish clotted cream, Welsh lamb and Herefordshire cider. All still and sparkling wine made in East and West Sussex now joins the very prestigious (and short) list of products to win protected designation of origin (PDO) status. From chef collaborations to picturesque picnics, wellbeing workshops and more, there are plenty of activities to fill an entire day, and with many vineyards now offering accommodation too – you can even spend the night, which makes perfect sense if you’re planning on sampling the goods.Īnd there's even more reason to toast the idea of a sparkling Sussex wine-cation now that the county joins Champagne, Prosecco and Bordeaux in having geographically protected status.
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