Visit Us
Our Tasting Room is now open for the summer season. We are open every Saturday 11am – 6pm and Sunday 11am – 5pm until the end of September. Our modern Tasting Room with expansive south-facing balcony and stunning views offers the perfect place to relax and enjoy local wine and food.
You can book to join one of our very popular Vineyard Tours or Guided Wine Tastings which run every weekend or you can just drop-in to taste our wines at your own pace and enjoy a stroll around our Vineyard Trail or even try your hand at pétanque! We also have available local Sussex cheese and charcuterie boards and snacks.
On Friday evenings throughout the summer we host regular Friday Night Supper Clubs when we are joined at the vineyard by our favourite local chefs and street food vendors. For more information see below.
We welcome well-behaved dogs kept on a lead.
Please note: We cater for private tours and wine tastings year round. Please contact us to discuss.
SUMMER OPENING HOURS
Saturdays: 11am – 6pm
Sundays: 11am – 5pm
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Vineyard Tour with Wine & Cheese Tasting
Starting with a stroll through our beautiful 30 acre vineyard you will learn about the many joys and challenges of growing grapes in England and the story of Albourne Estate. You will then go ‘behind-the-scenes’ in our on-site modern winery to learn about the processes and craft involved in making our exceptional wines. This is followed by a guided tasting of 4 our most popular wines each carefully paired with a delicious local Sussex cheese.
Time: 11am & 2pm on Saturdays & Sundays
Duration: 1.45 hours approx.
Price: £28 pp
Gift Vouchers Available.
Guided Wine Tasting
Join a member of our Tasting Room team where they will tell you about the story of Albourne Estate and guide you through tasting 5 of our award-winning wines. This will include sparkling and still wines and our vermouth. This is a great way to taste a range of English wine styles all from one boutique producer.
Time: 3pm on selected Saturdays & Sundays
Duration: 1 hour approx.
Price: £18.50 pp
Self Guided Vineyard Trail
Follow our sign-posted vineyard trail for a self-guided stroll around our beautiful vineyard. Just pick up a map and guide from the Tasting Room. There are 7 signed stopping points around the trail where you can read information about different stages in the vineyards annual growth cycle as well as learn about what you can see from each spot. On your route you are welcome to pause and sit by our lake to enjoy the peace and quiet.
Friday Night Supper Club
Every Friday evening over the summer we are delighted to host our favourite local chefs and street food vendors at the vineyard serving up everything from barbeques to seafood to pizza. We have a great line up for 2025 starting with the fantastic Chef Dan Matthews on Friday 2nd May. Dates are now available for booking.
Please note: Advance Booking is required for all our Supper Club events
E-Bike Wine Tasting Adventure
Embark on a unique and exhilarating journey through the picturesque South Downs National Park to Albourne Estate on an e-bike wine tasting tour. This experience combines the thrill of cycling with the pleasure of discovering local wine and food as well as being a sustainable and positive way to travel!
Escorted Tours from Brighton
Whilst we are only a short 20 minute taxi or car drive from Brighton across the Downs we know that many of you would prefer to join us as part of an organised tour. This not only removes all the hassle out of planning your own travel but also allows you to extend your experience with either lunch at a traditional country pub or a visit to the stunning view point at Devil’s Dyke or to another local vineyard.
Special Events
We are planning a number of special events over the year, find out about our next events below.
Hiver Beekeeping & Beer Tasting Experience
We are delighted to continue to host the Hiver Beekeeping and Beer experience at Albourne Estate. Hiver Beers support independent beekeepers in the UK by buying their honey to use in the production of their beer range. We host several hives every summer in the vineyard in an idyllic lakeside location for you to visit and learn about these fascinating creatures.
What Our Customers Say
We faced the poor weather (thunder and lightening storm) which stopped us going out into the vineyard so we were offered the chance to delay, but I’m glad we didn’t, our tour and wine and cheese tasting was a lot of fun and the wine & local cheeses delicious.
Bonnie, the customer relations manager (who also happens to be a dog) was the star of the show.
And luckily the weather picked up later and we were allowed to do a self-guided tour of the vineyard, which is absolutely beautiful. A must see. Definitely worth the money.
Buying lots of wine and vermouth but so well worth it
I’m glad I wasn’t driving as I felt a bit tiddly on the way home! An enjoyable couple of hours thank you.
The only thing is, the tour was a bit too long and we felt like some of the things could've been said while we're sipping the wine instead of standing in the hot sun for 1hr. Also, wish picnic baskets were available.
Other than that, a wonderful place to visit.
Treated the wife and mother-in-law to a flight each - 3 glasses of still and 3 sparkling, cheese board and meat board.
Took the self guided tour as the paid tour was fully booked 5 weeks in advance. My tour guide reading seemed a bit boring for the group.
Fantastic grounds. It was quite busy with almost all tables and chairs being used.
Noticed a couple had paid for a picnic basket which you can take and sit down by the lake.
The route has some gentle slopes, nothing too steep and took about half an hour. It's all grass so not recommended for high heels.
Even bought 3 bottles before leaving. Definitely recommend on a sunny / cloudy day.
To the owner, recommend a winter weekend one maybe, festoon lighting around the vines, patio heaters on the decking.
