Our First Ever Wine & Cheese Experience

On Wednesday 22nd October we welcomed guests to our first ever wine and cheese tasting experience at the Sealwood Estate & Vineyard.

With our marquee beautifully presented and heated, our English Wines laid out, accompanied by local sourced cheeses, crackers and other assorted items the anticipation (and nerves) were high!

At the start of the evening our host, Lee, gave a talk on the history of the Sealwood Estate, the make up of the vineyard and a “how-to” on tasting wine to fully appreciate the varied sensory elements.

Guests were then treated to a guided wine tasting of four of our English Wines; our two white wines 2024 Duchess and 2024 Celebration. We then turned our attentions to our Forest Hart red and exploring the differences between our 2022 and 2024 vintages and how, in particular, a red wine ages in terms of its looks, aroma and of course, taste! Each wine was introduced with a background given on the grapes used to produce it, their provenance and why that particular grape flourishes at our vineyard.

During each tasting section our guests dutifully scored each wine based on four categories; body, aroma, taste and finish. At the end of the evening the results were counted up and our winning wine of the evening was announced. Our guests emphatically scored our 2022 Forest Hart Red as their favourite wine of the tasting experience with an impressive score of 83% and an average score on the evening of 4.13/5 – guests praised the wine for its smooth body, aroma, initial taste and well rounded smooth finish.

At the end of the evening guests were able to purchase our wines and also our selection of locally sourced cheese, crackers and condiments – with special offers available across the board.

For the first time ever hosting such an event, we were delighted on how well it was received, the overwhelming number of positive comments and compliments we received from all of our guests.

As we head into 2026, we are now busy putting together our Wine & Cheese Events calendar, these will soon be available to purchase on our events page so keep an eye out so you can get your tickets by CLICKING HERE