A RESTAURANT is giving away 37 bottles of wine worth more than £1,000.

Isaac At opened in Brighton in 2015 and has gone on to gain recognition at numerous regional food and drink awards alongside national acclaim in the likes of the annual UK and Ireland Michelin Guide.

The restaurant in Gloucester Street, which has two AA Rosettes, focuses on hyper-local seasonal produce from Sussex farmers and foragers with the current menu featuring Saddlescoombe lamb, hand-picked pears from Ticehurst, sustainably caught fish from Brighton and Newhaven Fish Sales in Portslade and tomatoes grown in the UK from Nutbourne Place Farm near Petworth.

All the kitchen and front-of-house team are aged 27 or younger.

Head chef Caspian Armani has talent well beyond his years while sommelier Alex Preston knows more about English wine than perhaps anyone in the county.

“Authenticity is a massive part of everything we do,” said Caspian.

“The restaurant is in tune with the seasons and our surrounding environment. While Sussex is our passion, its about so much more than how and where we source our food from.

“We strive to be part of the very fabric of the county in all aspects of what we do.”

Isaac At was the first restaurant in the UK with an exclusively English wine list, which was seen as revolutionary by contemporaries in the wider restaurant industry at the time.

It is a decision that has paid dividends.

This week, it has announced a giveaway of 37 bottles of English sparkling and still wines – with a value of well over £1,000 – for one lucky person.

The aim of the giveaway is to encourage more subscribers to the restaurant’s monthly newsletter which not only updates consumers with news and menus but also includes recipes and features about the Sussex food and drink producers who work with the restaurant.

All the bottles in the giveaway are from Isaac At’s wine list.

Sommelier Alex said: “Some of them are exclusives from the vineyards that aren’t for general resale or are vintages that simply are no longer available.

“We work closely with our wine-maker friends and colleagues to promote and spotlight the world-class English wine industry.

“This giveaway allows us to make lots of positive noise about these amazing drinks that are produced right here on our doorstep in Sussex.”

To ensure transparency, Julia Trustram-Eve from Wine GB, the UK’s national wine marketing and representation organisation, will randomly select the winner from both existing and new e-newsletter subscribers signed up before the end of the annual English Wine Week on June 26.

For your chance to get your hands on the English wines, sign up to the Isaac At monthly e-newsletter at www.isaac-at.com.

Nick Mosley