Brighton Gin School ★ 4.3
Two-hour session at the Portslade distillery where guests build a gin recipe from the botanical bench, distil it and wax-seal a bottle to take home.
Gin-making course on the Ashling Park wine estate outside Chichester, run alongside cocktail masterclasses and the estate's tour and tasting.
Address: Ashling Park Estate, West Ashling, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 9DJ, England
Two-hour session at the Portslade distillery where guests build a gin recipe from the botanical bench, distil it and wax-seal a bottle to take home.
Harvest-season tour at Rathfinny that takes in picking and pressing while the winery is running, closing with a tasting at the cellar door.
Self-guided walking trail through the Rathfinny vines above the Cuckmere, with maps collected free from the cellar door and a wine bar at the end.
Volunteer picking days at Wiston's Findon Park vineyard, free to join, where visitors cut fruit alongside the estate team during the sparkling harvest.
Seated pairing session at the Wiston winery matching the estate's traditional-method sparkling wines against chocolate, run on set dates at GBP 45.
Guided 30-minute flight of six Ridgeview wines, signature and limited release, run hourly from 11am to 3pm in the wine bar over the Ditchling Common vines.