Dinners
Join us for one of our fine dining evenings. A perfect way to find out more about a specific wine region or style, or to simply relax over a more leisurely affair absorbing the knowledge of your expert host over several courses of the finest food and wine.
Food will be prepared in-house by our fantastic team, with Head Chef Stewart Turner at the helm; while our range of wine specialists will guide you through the glass in your hand.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
Over the last decade English vineyard plantings have seen an increase of nearly 148% and, with more than 15 million bottles of wine made in 2021, production has more than doubled. Now, more than ever, is the time to get into English wine and we therefore invite you to join us for a special four-course dinner in our Sussex Cellar celebrating the very best this country has to offer.
Guests will be able to taste vinous triumphs such as Gusbourne’s Guinevere Chardonnay, which was awarded Top Still Wine at the Wines of Great Britain Awards in 2022. This will be showcased alongside the Chardonnay from Danbury Ridge in Crouch Valley, which has been dubbed as England’s Côte d’Or. The evening will culminate with the white and rosé iterations of England’s very first prestige cuvée, 1086 from Nyetimber. Received by critics with much fanfare, these incredible wines continue to rival some of the greatest sparkling wines from around the globe.
Wines to be tasted:
Apéritif: Wiston Estate Winery, Cuvée Brut, Sussex
2018 Rathfinny, Blanc de Blancs, Brut, Sussex
Hambledon, Première Cuvée, Sparkling, Hampshire
2021 Danbury Ridge Wine Estate, Chardonnay, Essex
2020 Gusbourne Estate, Guinevere, Barrel Selection, Boot Hill Vineyard, Chardonnay, Kent
2010 Nyetimber, 1086, Prestige Cuvée, Sussex
2013 Nyetimber, 1086, Rosé, Prestige Cuvée, Sussex
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