Rathfinny & Big Green Egg
A sparkling summer of wine and food
Located on the rolling slopes of the South Downs, the Rathfinny Wine Estate’s setting is almost as big a draw as its magnificent Sussex sparkling wines. Great food produced from local, seasonal ingredients is another important part of the winery’s offering – and Big Green Eggs play a prominent role. This summer, as well as being used to create the seasonal menus at the Tasting Room restaurant and Flint Barns dining room, the estate’s EGGs are being fired up for a series of special alfresco events that make the most of Rathfinny’s beautiful environment and spectacular wine pairings.
Recipe by head chef Chris Bailey
For an Easter treat, Rathfinny head chef Chris Bailey has conjured up this playful recipe for a deep, dark, gooey-centred dessert with a lick of woodsmoke and a creamy chocolate sauce.
English Wine Week Escape
Wednesday 25th – Thursday 26th June
For anyone who enjoys both wine and food, Rathfinny’s English Wine Week Escape is as good as it gets. This one-of-a-kind immersive experience includes a gentle e-bike tour of the vineyard, a behind-the-scenes visit to the winery, and a guided wine tasting. The food, starting with snacks on the Wednesday lunchtime and peaking with a three-course alfresco feast in the evening, followed by brunch the next morning, will be cooked on the Big Green Egg and paired with Sussex wines. Guests will spent the night in the estate’s beautiful Flint Barns.
£650 – £840 for two
Dine in the Vines
Meat: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th June. Seafood: Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th July.
There are few more idyllic spots to enjoy an alfresco feast than out among the vines. Over two summer weekends Rathfinny’s vineyard is playing host to a series of outdoor dinner parties, with multi-course set menus that show off the vitality of the local produce and the versatility of the Big Green Egg. The June weekend has a meat focus, while July explores seafood. There are two seatings per day, one at 12pm, one at 6pm.
Meat £65 per head | Seafood £75 per head
Summer Sunday Lunches
1st June – 31st August
Every Sunday throughout the summer months, from 12pm to 3.30pm, the enclosed courtyard at Flint Barns becomes a haven of long, lazy lunches, chilled live music and Sussex sparkling wines. The food, cooked on the Big Green Egg, has a strong focus on provenance, using seasonal produce from the land, sea and gardens of the British Isles.
Two-courses £39.50 | Three-courses £45
