PLUMPTON College has won a gold medal for the fourth time in the world’s most prestigious sparkling wine competition.

Plumpton Estate NV Brut Rosé is one of only 116 gold medals that have been awarded in this year’s competition to 18 different countries.

Sarah Midgley, Plumpton’s winemaker, said: “We are over the moon to win a gold for the fourth time with our sparkling Rosé.

“We work extremely hard every year to ensure quality and consistency are delivered in all our wines.

“However the key difference with our wines is that the vine-growing and winemaking is carried out almost entirely by our undergraduate students.

“You can almost taste their enthusiasm for tending the vines, managing the fermentations and agreeing the blends.

“I am very proud of all our students. ”

The Plumpton Estate NV Rosé is a traditional-method sparkling wines made from 100 per cent pinot noir, grown entirely at Plumpton College.

l Bedlam Brewery took home four gold medals from the Society of Independent Brewers National Independent Beer Awards, including Overall Cask Champion for its Phoenix American-hopped pale ale.

The brewery, in Albourne, has won gold for its Phoenix, Porter and Amagansett beers.

Operations manager Oliver Marsh said: “We’re incredibly proud to have beaten such tough competition to bring home a total of four medals.

“We were up against the likes of Hammerton, Redemption Brewing and Andwell Brewing, all of who are really good and we love what these guys are doing.”