Ashling Park Estate

Ashling Park is a 50 acre estate in the charming hamlet of West Ashling, West Sussex. Its a delightful place to call home, with the rolling South Downs on the doorstep and the sea just minutes away. After living here for more than 20 years the Gardner family decided its such a great place to rest and play, why not work here, too? The hay meadow was promptly converted into a vineyard and the rest, as they say, is alchemy because as ideas go, it was pure gold. Ashling Park Estate has to be one of the luckiest places in the whole of the South Downs. Our loamy soil and sheltered position provide the perfect environment for growing Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier the holy trinity of sparkling wine grapes. We have two vineyards in Sussex which span 33 acres, yield over 80 tonnes of grapes and produce 60k bottles of English sparkling wine a year. To supervise the magical transformation from vine to wine we have secured the services of Dermot Sugrue, one of the most talented (and a...