

A Perfect Pairing: Art & Wine
Art and wine are linked throughout the world, each enhanced by the other. The secret to making great wine is as much art as science and here at Nutbourne, Bridget Gladwin is our artist and creative. She paints in oils or acrylics on canvas and usually focuses on a particular subject matter for up to 18 months, creating a major body of work around a single theme. This can vary from the landscape of the South Downs, still life, or transpositions of old masters to paintings of the vines themselves. Every label on a Nutbourne wine features a painting or a section of a canvas to complement the wine we have created. Within our winery we exhibits full-scale originals of Bridget’s work, and in Summertime, you’ll see it on display outside too.
Sussex Reserve
This painting depicts the striking double-curtain trellising system in Winter. The individual vine stands as a sculpture, a thing of beauty and nobility in its own right.
Pinot Gris
This painting of the Seven Sisters cliffs was created high on the Sussex Downs on a bright, blustery day. it captures a kaleidoscope of colours, freshness and light from the sea, landscape and sky..
Blush
This painting of our Southdown vineyard features the windbreak line of poplar trees in Midsummer. You can feel the heat haze, ripening and developing the flavours in the grapes.
Ten.Five
This painting was done at the top of the South Downs, and captures the natural curves of the landscape, picked out in vibrant colours before dusk, as the fading light transforms into deeper hues.

Barrel Reserve
This piece is from a series of vineyard paintings worked on over a year, watching it change with the seasons. Bright green Spring growth and blue Summer skies contrast with the rich hues of Autumn and bare white of Winter.