Lurgashall Winery

Meadery in Lurgashall, West Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1985

Contact
Dial Green Lurgashall, Lurgashall, GU28 9HA, England
Description
Housed in a complex of 17th and 19th century rustic farm buildings on a 38-acre estate, the Lurgashall Winery is a family-run business specialising in fruit wines and meads. However, inside, it's anything but rustic, being self-contained with fermentation, maturation and bottling vats, and modern, high quality equipment in a sterile bottling room and fully equipped laboratory – all elements of the process that will be learned about when taking a tour around the facility.

Lurgashall has come a long way since it began production in 1985 and produced a thousand bottles. Annual production is up to half-a-million bottles and the visitor experience is thriving.

With 10 meads, nine fruit liqueurs and nine fruit wines, including the delicate Rose Petal Wine and more decisive Silver Birch Wine, there's no monoculture here. Visitors will find out about the way that time-honoured recipes are followed as closely as possible, in the continued quest for authentic flavours.

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6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. This is my favorite mead. Has the right balance of sweet and dry and a taste of honey that is not over powering. Love the warming feeling that one gets in the stomach. Great For mulling and enjoying at the holidays.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 05:16


7

Pretty good. Lemon/orange/melon/peach/pear/floral/herbal; light vanilla/pepper. Sweet finish. Min warming. Very clean, min cloying. --- Beer merged from original tick of English / Celtic / Christmas Mead on 15 Jul 2017 at 14:48 - Score: 6. Original review text:

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2017 at 20:59


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’13. Pours a yellow color with no head. Has a sweetish spicy honey aroma. Sweetish spicy honey flavor. Has a sweetish spicy honey finish.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2013 at 07:06


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Chris O’s pre-GBBF shindig, 2013. Light green pour with a white head. Honey and baked apple aroma. Heavy sweet spice action in the flavour- cloves, cinnamon- accentuates the dominant honey taste. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2013 at 06:19


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

bottle at ChrisO ... golden yellow ... soft dry honey nose ... soft floral honey ... light spice ... light dry honey finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2013 at 01:15


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at the ChrisO Holiday Tasting, London - thanks to Mes and Sim. Pours clear yellow tint with a few bubbles. Sweet honey aroma, hints of spices and herbs. Big sweet flavor, plenty of sticky honey, light spiciness. Full bodied with fine, flat carbonation. Moderately warming finish, medium sweet, not as thick as some meads I’ve had. Nice dry honey character in the end.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2013 at 12:17


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at ChrisO tasting, thanks to Mes and Sim, 30/12/12. Almost translucent with a hint of pale yellow, very thin white head. Nose is almond, marzipan, light smoke, honey, piss. Taste follows, honey, sweet sugars, booze. Full bodied, still, sweet finish. Decent enough mead.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2013 at 14:29


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at Chriso’s tasting 30/12/12. Petrol / gasline / green colour. Heather honey aroma. bautiful palete. mid sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2012 at 06:34


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Pours a clear gold with no head whatsoever. Aroma has a good amount of sweet honey with a hint of light fruit. Flavor is smooth with light honey and really not much else.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2011 at 15:12


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Golden with a mall white head. Aroma of honey and bees wax with a spicy touch. Sweet honey flavour with a floral note

Tried on 23 Oct 2011 at 11:23