RidgeView Wine Estate
Ditchling Common,
Ditchling,
Hassocks,
BN6 8TP
Tel: +44 0845 345 7292
E-mail: ridgeviewestate@aol.com
Web: www.ridgeview.co.uk (www.ridgeview.co.uk/)
RidgeView Wine Estate is dedicated to producing the highest quality sparkling wine, using traditional French varieties and methods. In just three years of sales, RidgeView has won no fewer than 16 medals and 9 trophies for its sparkling wines in international and national competitions; most recently it won a Silver Medal in the prestigious French competition Vinalies Internationales 2004.
RidgeView is a family-run company that produces a range of sparkling wines named after the 16th-century Englishman Christopher Merret, who documented how to make sparkling wine 70 years before Dom Perignon established the champagne dynasty. The wines have featured recently in the British press and on BBC TV. RidgeView sparkling wines are sold in highly prestigious outlets/restaurants and served in British Embassies throughout Europe.
The vineyard, 1.5 miles North of Ditchling, East Sussex, has spectacular views over the South Downs. Visitors are always welcome and special tasting days are held each Bank Holiday weekend, and throughout November and December. RidgeView also host tutored tastings for groups, which include a tour, tasting of eight sparkling wines, and canapés.
- Open for tasting and sales: Monday to Friday 0900-1630, Saturday and Sunday 1100-1700 (ring in advance to confirm they are open). No entrance charge.
Wine inventory: Cuvée Merret Bloomsbury 2000; Cuvée Merret Cavendish 2000; Cuvée Merret Fitzrovia 2000; Cuvée Merret Knightsbridge 1999.
