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Visit to Sedlescombe organic vineyard
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Sedlescombe
Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard, Sedlescombe, East Sussex - Sedlescombe Vineyard is one of only four vineyards which have adopted organic methods. It grew out of one man's dream of self-sufficiency. In 1974, Roy Cook inherited ten acres of land near Sedlescombe, East Sussex and began a new existence setting out to grow sufficient organic food to provide a basic diet - and a surplus that could be turned into cash to meet his other needs. He soon discovered he had all the right conditions for growing vines. the land was on a south-facing slope and exposed to the sun. So began Britain's first organic vineyard. The vineyard expanded to 23 acres and includes the vineyard at Bodiam Castleand the vineyard at Spilstead. Further plantings of two acres of black grape vines of the variety 'REGENT' were carried out in spring 2000, with additional acreage planted between 2001 and 2003. In 1987 a low-energy wood-frame house was built that is now the centre of the vineyard. 15,000 bottles of organic English wine are produced a year.
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