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Sussex vineyards with a restaurant or café

Not every vineyard feeds you. These 14 do — which makes them the ones worth building a whole afternoon around rather than a quick tasting.

Wealden Trail
Rathfinny Wine Estate
Alfriston / Seaford
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Seaford (10 min)

Flagship. B Corp, Michelin-rec Tasting Room Restaurant, Flint Barns B&B (10 rms). One of UK's closest vineyards …

Worthing
Wiston Estate
Washington / Pulborough
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Worthing/Horsham (20 min)

Flagship. Goring family 275 yrs, winemaker Dermot Sugrue. Chalk Restaurant, walking & cycling tours, Pump House …

Horsham
Nyetimber
West Chiltington
Lunch
↦ Pulborough (15 min)

World-famous English sparkling. Exclusive/limited visitor access; 1086 prestige dining experience.

Haywards Heath
Ridgeview Wine Estate
Ditchling / Hassocks
Lunch
↦ Burgess Hill (10 min)

Major sparkling producer. The Rows & Vine roof-terrace restaurant, free self-guided audio tour & woodland walk.

Horsham
Bolney Wine Estate
Bolney / Haywards Heath
LunchWeddings
↦ Haywards Heath (15 min)

One of England's first vineyards (1972). The Eighteen Acre café & shop, seasonal feasts, family trails, gin & ve…

Chichester
Tinwood Estate
Chichester
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Chichester (15 min)

Boutique sparkling specialist. Vineyard Kitchen (British tapas), 8 luxury lodges, Yoga in the Vines.

East Grinstead
Kingscote Estate
East Grinstead
LunchStayWeddings
↦ East Grinstead

150-acre estate, fishing lakes, 14th-c Tithe barn, self-guided trails, Coach House cottage. Wedding venue.

Chichester
Ashling Park Estate
Chichester
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Nutbourne (8 min)

'Has it all' — world-class dining, 5 luxury lodges (Amazing Spaces designer), 360° experience room, gin mastercl…

Horsham
Leonardslee Wine Estate
Lower Beeding / Horsham
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Horsham (15 min)

Set in Grade I listed gardens with sculptures + 2 golf courses. Restaurant Interlude (Michelin), Vineyard Hotel …

Rother Triangle
Tillingham Estate
Peasmarsh / Rye
LunchStayWeddings
↦ Rye (20 min)

Trendy mixed farm-to-glass estate. Michelin Green Star restaurant, live music in Dutch barn, hop-barn stay (11 r…

Horsham
Kinsbrook Vineyard
Pulborough
LunchDogs
↦ Pulborough (15 min)

Some of UK's youngest vineyard owners. Barn with farm shop, café & restaurant, sustainability ethos, dogs & fami…

Rother Triangle
Sedlescombe Organic
Sedlescombe / Robertsbridge
LunchStay
↦ Robertsbridge

England's oldest organic wine estate (1979), 22 acres biodynamic. Charcuterie & cakes, The Nest 3-bed stay. Vega…

Worthing
Highdown Vineyard
Worthing
LunchWeddings
↦ Goring-by-Sea (10 min)

Doubles as an event/wedding venue between Littlehampton & Worthing. Group tastings + cream teas/canapés/lunch.

Haywards Heath
Highweald Wine Estate
Haywards Heath
LunchWeddings
↦ Haywards Heath

Cellar door with estate-exclusive wines, garden bar (inside & out) for private celebrations, free secure parking…

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