Bluebell Vineyard Estates
Wine  
Home to the award-winning range of Hindleap sparkling wines and Ashdown still wines.
You’ve heard of Artists’ Open Houses during the Brighton Festival, for example? Well, this more like an Artists’ Open County, with more than 800 Sussex artists showing their work in studios and galleries – as well as some rather more unusual locations – around the Lewes, Seaford and Newhaven areas. Pick up a map, join the trail and you’ll be able to meet the artists and buy their work direct from them.
September // Sussex-wide
Mohamed Hamid in pottery Lewes. Credit Alun Callender
Wine  
Home to the award-winning range of Hindleap sparkling wines and Ashdown still wines.
Accommodation | Overnight | Self-catering  
Gravetye Manor is the quintessential English manor house hotel and a centre for culinary and horticultural excellence.
Wine  
If you’re looking to visit a Sussex vineyard for a tasting, a tour or a bite to eat, these exceptional wine estates are a great place to start.
Events  
Come as you are to the UK’s biggest Pride festival.
News | Wine  
Have you ever wondered what happens at a vineyard during the winter? It may surprise you to know that it is still a very busy time for wine producers. We spoke to our partners at Oxney Organic Wine Estate who told us all there is to know about this time of year.
Wine  
Mardi Roberts moved from Australia to Sussex in 2000 to join the team - and the family - at Ridgeview Estate. Read her story.
Story | Landscape  
Unwind with sea views and sauna bliss in Hastings.
News | Wine  
With its high latitude, warm and dry maritime climate, and range of soil types Sussex has just the right characteristics and long seasons for growing grapes.
Events | Wine  
The star of Sussex’s musical summer hits all the right notes.