Twenty years after winemaker Dermot Sugrue planted his first Storrington Priory vines for what was to become Sugrue South Downs, this Sussex-rooted producer continues to forge ahead with much in the pipeline for 2026.
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The December-January period for many in the on-trade often charts a feast followed by famine trajectory. Last year’s data showed a similar pattern. According to the CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker – which assesses the performance of Britain’s leading restaurant, pub and bar groups – total sales for December 2024 were up 3.2% year on year. Contrast this to January which, by the same metric, saw a fall in sales of 1.3%.
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The boutique hotel group, The Pig, will launch its first-ever bottles of English sparkling wine, with grapes from Bee Tree Vineyard in East Sussex, owned by Dermot and Ana Sugrue, of Sugrue South Downs.
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