The country’s longest running English wine festival is moving to a new venue at Glynde Place in East Sussex.
Following the successful launch of the Glynde Food & Drink Festival in 2006, this year’s event will incorporate the 33rd English Wine Festival. The move will ensure the future of the popular festival and complement the new gastronomic showcase, which attracted 1,200 visitors last year.
It will take place in the magnificent grounds of the Elizabethan manor house on Saturday and Sunday, September 22nd and 23rd.
Against the backdrop of the South Downs, food and drink lovers will be able to sample a wide range of fine produce from selected producers, including an oyster bar, farmhouse meats, ethnic cuisine, dairy, bakery, organic foods, spices and accompaniments.
Throughout the weekend there will be demonstrations and talks, plus Amanda Grant’s Kids’ Kitchen that proved a huge hit last year. In keeping with the traditions of the wine festival, a panel of experts will select the wine of the show and members of the public will be able to vote for their favourite wines.
“It’s a very exciting time for wine in this country. More and more people are realising the fantastic wealth of wine and food produced in the UK. I hope that with the move of the English Wine Festival to Glynde Place and the obvious synergies between it and the Glynde Food & Drink Festival, we’ll create a forum for vineyards, food producers and consumers to meet and have a really good time.” Francis Brand, co-organiser of the Glynde Food and Drink Festival.
