An evening with the UK's most exciting winemaker

Thursday 20th November

7pm arrival with dinner at 7.45pm

Taking place in The Jetty

£110 per person

Join us for an evening with the UK’s most exciting winemakers, Dermot and Ana Sugrue.

Spend an insightful evening with our much-anticipated hosts, Dermot and Ana Sugrue, widely regarded as England’s finest winemakers.

On the night, you'll be welcomed with a glass of the Bee Tree by Sugrue Single Vineyard Blanc de Noirs NVG, before a delightful four-course menu, each dish paired with a Sugrue South Downs wine, chosen by Dermot and Ana.

Dermot and Ana join us off the back of picking and processing the 2025 vintage – the earliest harvest on record in England and one that, by all accounts, is looking exceptional in terms of quality. While we'll have to wait another five years to taste the wines, we'll be hearing from the Sugrues about the challenges of 2025 and the huge potential of its wines over this dinner.

Your evening in The Jetty starts at 7pm with the sit down dinner at 7.45pm.

Sugrue South Downs was established in 2006 when Dermot, then head winemaker at Nyetimber, was approached by an order of Catholic priests to plant a small site at the foot of the South Downs in West Sussex. Seven years later, the first release of ‘The Trouble with Dreams’ from the 2009 vintage rapidly gained critical acclaim and earned Dermot's wines a cult-like following. In May 2023, Dermot and his wife Ana – also a winemaker – purchased their first vineyard and established a winery at Bee Tree.

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