Fred's Perry wins it for Nuthurst Orchard in South Downs and Brighton CAMRA festival

"We planted the perry pear orchard out about 10 years ago," said Chesca, "selecting four different varieties: Thorne, Oldfield, Green Horse and Hendre Huffcap. I love the old names but the pears are strictly for perry, you wouldn't want to eat them. We've been refining and improving it each year and last year's vintage was really special, so we're very pleased."

"We've also blended it with our bottled Passion Fruit Cider," said Tom, "just to give it a little background peary aroma and it works a treat. It's a lot of fun growing fruit but blending and tasting is definitely the best part."

The CAMRA competition runs annually across various locations in the South East with healthy competition from craft producers of beer, cider and perry.

Fred's Perry is available at Middle Farm and Nuthurst Orchard Passion Fruit Cider at various delis, farm shops and garden centres in the Horsham area.