Vines, Vintages & a Very Good Lunch with Oz Clarke at THE PIG-in the South Downs
THE PIG-in the South Downs | Friday 26th June 2026Join us in the heart of our vineyard at THE PIG-in the South Downs for an English Wine Week feast filled with fizz, Piggy Bits and a three-course lunch paired with (very) plentiful pours – hosted by our good friend and wine leading legend, Oz Clarke!
12:30pm - 5pm
£105
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Oz Clarke is the best-selling author of Oz Clarke’s Story of Wine and Oz Clarke’s English Wine. His extensive wine knowledge, remarkable palate and the enthusiastic, jargon free way he describes wine in print, on TV or online have earned him huge public affection and admiration worldwide.
Oz Clarke is greatly respected throughout the wine community for his precision and depth whilst describing what he tastes in a way everyone can relate to. This has merited him with many awards including the Louis Roederer International Wine Writer (for Bordeaux), the International Wine & Spirit Competition’s Drinks Communicator of the Year, the Drinks Retailing Lifetime Achievement Award, a James Beard and three Glenfiddich and Wine Guild awards.
For fronting the BBC’s Oz and James Drink to Britain (with Top Gear’s James May) he was named International Wine Challenge Personality of the Year; the accompanying book received a Gourmand World Cookbook Award.
If the wine world has a ‘national treasure’ then it is, undoubtedly, Oz Clarke OBE.
Championing homegrown produce and pouring cracking bottles has always been at the beating heart of THE PIG - and there’s no better place to get-together than at THE PIG-in the South Downs , overlooking the vines of our very first PIG vineyard!
What better (or more PIG!) way to sail into English Wine Week this summer, than with a celebration of fresh, seasonal food, cracking conversation and lashings of perfectly chilled English wine in our very own vineyard at THE PIG-in the South Downs?
Join us between our vines this June for some seriously good glasses of English fizz and Piggy Bits to whet your appetite, before heading up to our greenhouse restaurant for a three-course, summer lunch with perfectly paired wines, hosted by world leading wine expert, Oz Clarke.
You can expect a sunshine-filled afternoon of delicious homegrown dishes, plentiful local pours and world-class expertise as the conversation, and the bottles, flow generously!
Oz Clarke is one of the world’s leading wine experts, an award-winning author and a regular wine personality across TV and radio around the world, known best for his phenomenal palate, irreverent style, accurate predictions, and enthusiasm for life (and wine in particular).
Settle in around sociable tables for a relaxed three-course lunch, paired with excellent English wines as he shares the stories, insights, and tales behind every bottle.
Please note, seating will be at sociable shared tables. If you’ve booked with friends, let us know in advance so we can make sure you’re seated together.
From Apple Mint Cured Monkfish paired with Beare Greene, Chardonnay, to Garden Red Berry Tart rounded off with Chalkdown Rosé, this is an unmissable summer lunch you’ll be sure to remember long after the last glass is poured.
When, where, how much…
When & where?
Friday 26th June 2026 at THE PIG-in the South Downs, book here...
What time?
We’ll pop the first bottles of English fizz in the vineyard at THE PIG-in the South Downs at 12.30pm to enjoy with some Piggy Bits to graze on, before heading up to the restaurant.
The three-course sharing PIG lunch and conversation with Oz Clarke will kick off at 1.30pm and the last course will be polished off around 5pm – though, like all good lunches, there’s no need to rush off. Sit back, relax, and stay for as long as you’d like!
This lunch is relaxed and sociable with sharing tables – if you’ve booked with friends, just give us a shout so we can make sure you’re all sat together. Everything will be prepped ahead of your arrival, right down to the name cards on the tables!
How much & what’s included?
£105 per person, a three-course PIG lunch, Piggy Bits plus perfectly paired wines. The wine will be generously poured, so we suggest you order a taxi… or better still, book a room – so you can really make the most of the evening!
Kindly note...
Please note this event is for over 18s only.
We love your four-legged friends, but kindly ask that they are left at home for this one.
Photography and video recording may take place at this event for promotional purposes by The PIG. If you prefer not to appear in photos or video, please let us know in advance or speak to a staff member on the day. Full privacy details are available here: https://www.thepighotel.com/privacy-policy/
If you have any dietary requirements or allergens please let us know in advance, so we can ensure everyone is well catered for and can provide alternative dishes on the day.
And if the weather isn’t on our side, we’ll simply move things indoors and serve Domaine Hugo alongside Piggy Bits in the restaurant rather than in the vineyard.
Fancy making a night of it?
Why not turn the afternoon into a proper PIG getaway and book a room for the night? Wander from the lunch to a big comfy bed with no need for taxis or designated drivers. Just you, a bedroom so comfy you won't want to leave, and maybe a cheeky extra nightcap to round off the evening!
