Our Members

The Old Vine Conference member community encompasses producers, distributors, generic bodies, and private individuals. Membership of The Old Vine Conference is an impactful way to safeguard global old vine heritage, and its priceless ecological and cultural value. In return, Members are able to showcase their wines and projects to our influential and uniquely engaged audience through exposure at conferences, inclusion in media, and at tastings and events.

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Belinda Stone Belinda Stone

Downsview Vineyard, High Weald, Sussex

The first vines at Downsview Vineyard were planted by the Slatter family in 1989 following the great storm of 1987, an extratropical cyclone that decimated swathes of forest landscape in the UK. Reichensteiner and Huxelrebe were high cordon trained down a gentle south-facing slope to fill the space left by the storm and were selected to suit the milder climate of Sussex.

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