Category: Wine

We’re Staying Open

We hope you’re keeping well as we begin another nationwide lockdown. Nutbourne remains open for business, so you can keep your wine racks, fridge doors and drinks trolleys topped up all the way through to Christmas and New Year. Make the most of staying in and take advantage of our online shop to treat yourself…

By admin 01/11/2020 Off

WineGB Awards 2020

We were delighted to receive recognition from Wines of Great Britain for four of our wines this year: SILVER awards for Pinot Noir 2018, Nutty Vintage Brut 2016 and Chardonnay 2018 A BRONZE award for Sussex Reserve 2018 As Vice-Chairman of WineGB, Peter Gladwin took part in the virtual ceremony to thank judges Susie Barrie,…

By admin 08/09/2020 Off

New Release: Our 2019 Blush

A Perfect Pairing of Pinots We have just released the 2019 vintage of our Blush and are very excited for you to try it. The new blend is made from Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir grapes, which are pressed and fermented together to produce a delicate tinted rosé. The wine now comes in a clear flute bottle…

By admin 17/08/2020 Off

Jancis Robinson goes Wild for our Nutty

We’re thrilled about a lovely review from JancisRobinson.com for our Nutty Wild NV Tamlyn Currin kindly wrote: “Perhaps it’s the power of suggestion, but it really does smell nutty to me! Like a toasty, seedy, nutty cracker. Plenty of prickle and wire … it reminds me of those wonderful hand-carved, wooden marionette puppets, dancing in…

By admin 31/07/2020 Off

Special Find – Limited Stock

A limited parcel of our Sussex Reserve from 2014 is now available. This is a fabulous vintage of our ‘field blend’ white wine. A crisp, dry herbaceous wine with hints of honey, this is a special find from our cellars that showcases how well still English wines can mature and develop with bottle age. A…

By admin 30/06/2020 Off

Wine delivery available

The Gladwins wish all our loyal customers the very best during this international emergency. Just to let you know that if you want to eat, drink and buy local, we can now deliver to you. Visit our new online shop to shop locally and stock up on our award winning still and sparkling wines, all…

By admin 20/03/2020 Off

New Release: Nutbourne Pinot Noir 2018

We have just released the much anticipated 2018 vintage of our Pinot Noir red wine and thought we’d celebrate by sharing the notes from our consultant winemaker Owen Elias: “An exceptional example of UK Pinot Noir from the magnificent 2018 harvest.  Ruby red colour, clean vinous nose with hints of almond and leather. The palate…

By admin 13/02/2020 Off

Harvest 2019

We started picking on the 23rd of September and finished on the 23rd of October. We had a successful but challenging harvest month. We picked over 48 tons of grapes which makes approximately 53,000 bottles of wine. The plan this year is to make some more red wine. We will also be looking at creating some…

By admin 08/11/2019 Off

Bottling has started

The wines have been in tank happily for the past 4 months and it is now time to bottle them. Yesterday we bottled over 6,000 bottles of our Nutty Wild sparkling wine, which is made from 100% pinot noir and only sits on lees for 12 months making it a young and fresh wine. The…

By admin 06/03/2019 Off

Lower Alcohol Wines Preferred

Lower alcohol wines are becoming more popular and preferred by many consumers to the stronger alcohol wines which can be over powering in taste and undesired when opting to drink less.   Lower alcohol wines originated from Mosel in Germany due to their cooler climates which resulted in growing grapes with less sugar content and…

By admin 04/02/2019 0