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Dosage represents the final opportunity for a winemaker to influence the flavours and style of a traditional method wine, before corking. Typically this dosage addition (or liqueur d’expedition in French) includes a small quantity of sugar, used to highlight and enhance the fruit flavours and to round out the acidity often found in cooler climate wines. Subtle differences in the quantity of sugar used (the ‘rate of dosage’ ) can have a major impact on the perception of fruit character and nuance of those flavour notes.

To learn more about dosage, they invite you to step into the shoes of a winemaker and discover first-hand how the addition of sugar affects the style and structure of their sparkling wines on this fun and informative tour.

Starting in the Vineyard, your guide will introduce you to their stunning single-site Estate, giving you an insight into the history of Rathfinny and the important role their landscape and climate plays in the production of Sussex Sparkling wine. After a tour of their Winery and Bottling buildings, you will be given the opportunity to conduct your own dosage trial, adding different levels of sugar to a base wine to see how this affects its final style. The experience will conclude with a guided tasting of four of their Sussex wines.