The Winery Highdown of Sussex of England

Winery Highdown - South Down White
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 192 of the estates of England.
It is located in Sussex in the region of England
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The Winery Highdown is one of the best wineries to follow in Sussex.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Sussex to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Highdown wines

Looking for the best Winery Highdown wines in Sussex among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Highdown wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Highdown wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Highdown

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Highdown

How Winery Highdown wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sauté of veal with corsican style, endive frichti or duck breast in a crust.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Highdown.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Sussex

The wine region of Sussex is located in the region of England of United Kingdom. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Nyetimber or the Domaine Nyetimber produce mainly wines sparkling, white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sussex are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Ortega, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sussex often reveals types of flavors of non oak, salt or lemon zest and sometimes also flavors of melon, hazelnut or grass.

In the mouth of Sussex is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble. We currently count 36 estates and châteaux in the of Sussex, producing 154 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Sussex go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Highdown

Planning a wine route in the of Sussex? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Highdown.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Highdown and wines from the region

Big plans for Bolney as Wine GB welcomes acquisition

Freixenet Copestick has revealed a host of plans for its newly acquired English winery, Bolney Wine Estates in Sussex, as it embarks on its first English wine venture. With the ink barely dry on the deal, which was signed late last Friday (14 January), Freixenet Copestick MD Robin Copestick is not short of ideas when it comes to improving the already successful English winery. Describing Bolney as ‘the perfect match’ for Freixenet Copestick, he said: ‘When we arrived at Bolney in early September ...

Michelin Guide 2022: UK & Ireland winners announced

Every year the hospitality industry holds its breath as the revised line up of the Michelin Guide is announced. A star won – or lost – is often a pivotal moment in the consolidation of a venue’s name and the reputation of the chef, sommelier and restaurateurs behind it. Yesterday, February 16th, the Michelin Stars were unveiled for this year’s Michelin Great Britain & Ireland Guide, with 19 restaurants having been newly awarded a star, bringing the total number of one starred restaurants in ...

Gusbourne aims high with English sparkling wine at £195

Gusbourne has launched Fifty One Degrees North English sparkling wine from the 2014 vintage at £195 per bottle, which is thought to make it the most expensive so far released. Some others aren’t too far behind – Nyetimber’s 1086 rosé 2010 is £175 – yet Gusbourne’s move reinforces a sense of ambition within the UK wine world to be a regular fixture at this prestige cuvée level. Fifty One Degrees North, named after the position of Gusbourne’s vineyards in Kent and West Sussex, is a ble ...

The word of the wine: Disgorging (champagne)

This is the evacuation of the deposit formed by the yeasts during the second fermentation in the bottle, by opening the bottle. The missing volume is completed with the liqueur de dosage - a mixture of wine and cane sugar - before the final cork is placed. For some years now, some producers have been replacing this sugar with rectified concentrated musts (concentrated grape juice) which give excellent results. A too recent dosage (less than three months) harms the gustatory harmony of the champagne.