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winelands Grand tasting

Saturday 13 June: Sessions as 12 noon / 2pm / 4pm
Venue: All Saints Centre, Friars Walk, BN7 2LE
Tickets: £5 – inc. your souvenir WINELANDS 2026 tasting glass

Producers from SIXTEEN amazing Sussex vineyards will be offering tastings, including:
Albourne • Dillions • Kingscote • Mountfield • Mousehall • Nutbourne • Oxney Organic • Rathfinny • Rowfant • Stopham • Sugrue South Downs • Tinwood • Wildwood • Winklestone • Wiston  

Town Mayor Adrian Ross will open the doors at 12 noon for the first tasting session.
Subsequent tasting sessions will commence at 2pm and 4pm

There are 100 tickets for each 90 minute session, over 18s only
Wines may also be purchased directly from the producers
Food by Cheese Please and Rebel Charcuterie

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winelands Masterclasses

Saturday 13 June
Lewes Wine Symposium at 32 Lansdown Place, BN7 2JU
There is a limited number of places for Grand Tasting ticket holders to attend two in-depth masterclasses, both illustrated with wines to taste.
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MASTERCLASS 1: Sustainable Wine Production in Sussex
1:30 – 2:30pm    
The wine industry in Sussex is leading the way in sustainable practices in the vineyard and winery. In this masterclass, four top Sussex vinegrowers and winemakers will present their wines and describe how they use a range of vinegrowing and winemaking strategies to conserve natural resources, protect ecosystems, and ensure social equity.

Chaired by Chris Foss – Founder of Plumpton College Wine Department and Sustainable Wines of Great Britain certification scheme. With panelists from: Henners of Herstmonceux / Mike Best MW • Rathfinny Estate / Mark and Sarah Driver • Tinwood Estate / Art Tucker

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MASTERCLASS 2: How English Wine Ages
3:30 – 4:30pm    
One of the hallmarks of great wines is ageability, but English wine is still relatively young so there has been very little written about its ability to become better over time. This masterclass will look at three producers who have wines that have aged, and they will each show wines which demonstrate how Sussex has great potential to be a fine wine region.

Chaired by Lisse Garnet – Head of Fine Wine at Gorringes of Lewes
With panelists from: Breaky Bottom / Louisa Adams • Nutbourne / Olivia Thomas • Wiston / Kirsty Goring

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