SOUR GRAPES at the LEWES DEPOT


Thursday 11 June / from 6pm
£26 per person, to include the film, blind tasting, and afterparty

A special one-off screening of Sour Grapes at Depot cinema, accompanied by a post-film wine tasting in the auditorium and an afterparty in the Depot garden. 

Presented by director Jerry Rothwell, Sour Grapes is a documentary exploring how notorious wine fraudster Rudy Kurniwan befriended rich and powerful wine collectors to sell fake wine.

After the screening there will be a wine tasting led by Lewes Master of Wine Mike Best (who presented Battle of the Bubbles at last year’s Winelands Lewes).

There will be two wines to try in a blind tasting, one a genuine Burgundy from the famous Clos des Mouches vineyard in Côte de Beaune, the other a concoction of much less expensive wines designed to fool even the most experienced tasters into believing it is worth over £100 per bottle! Wines supplied by Symposium in Lewes. 

Following the film and tasting event, you will be invited to share a glass of sparkling or still wine from a local Sussex vineyard in the Depot garden (or in the Gallery in the event of rain).


Venue – Lewes Depot Cinema, Pinwell Road, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2JS

6pm – Screening of Sour Grapes with introduction by director Jerry Rothwell, followed by the blind tasting of two wines led by Lewes Master of Wine Mike Best

8pm – Afterparty featuring local wines and cash bar