Robin Hutson is creating a vineyard in the grounds of one of his newest projects, The Pig-in the South Downs, with 4,000 vines planted with hopes of producing wine by 2022.
The hotel is a conversion of the Grade II-listed former Madehurst Lodge hotel near Arundel in West Sussex, which was acquired by the group in 2018.
The plan is to open the hotel next year, with the brand’s usual trademarks of a kitchen garden and restaurant that will source anything not grown on-site from within a 25-mile radius; the wine will be a step closer to cementing that.
