What's on in Aussie wine
There's always another wine festival around the corner. Aussies are great lovers of all types of events, sporting, cultural but most of all festivals. There are so many to choose from.
Maybe you are planning a holiday in Australia and would like to catch up on some wine. A convenient way is go to a wine festival, there you can taste wine from dozens of wineries all at once.
If you are planning a trip to an Australian Wine region you can get free brochures here
If you know of a festival not listed here please let me know via the guestbook below.
This site is maintained by Darby Higgs of Vinodiversity
Some upcoming wine events
- Bendigo Winemakers Festival
- Held on Easter Sunday, the Bendigo Wine Region's wineries and vineyards get together at the beautiful Castlemaine gardens, accessible by train from Melbourne.
Plenty of shiraz, of course, but lots more to taste and enjoy. - Adelaide Hills Wine Festival
- The Adelaide Hills Wine region has alternative varieties of Pinot Gris, Viognier, Nebbiolo and Zinfandel as well as Trollinger and Lemberger. Crush Festival Sunday 9 March 2008.
- Vinodiversity: Heathcote Wine and Food Festival
- Heathcote's annual wine and food festival is held in October each year.
- Alpine Valleys Gourmet Weekend
- Held in January. Enjoy some of the best of North Eastern Victoria with events in many of the towns and vineyards of this emerging region
- Vinodiversity: Grape Grazing Festival 2007 | Yarra Valley Australia
- This is a long running festival combining all of the familiar ingredients, wine, food, music and fun. Held in February each year.
- Be tempted at Melbourne Food and Wine Festival - March 16-30
- Long lunches, 70 wineries at one cellar door, masterclasses and the International Flour Festival all crammed into two glorious weeks in Melbourne.
- Australian Inland Wine Show
- This event is held annually in Swan Hill during October. Wines from the Murray Darling, the Riverina, the Riverland and Swan Hill Wine Regions are judged and are available for tasting by the public.
- Wine showcases
- Explore one of Victoria's Different Wine Regions every Month - In the Heart of the City. The Showcase Series lets you taste the State's leading wines, Meet the Winemakers, Learn about the Wines, and Judge the "People's Choice" for the Best Wines - All from the very heart of Melbourne at Federation Square.
The Atrium at Federation Square | 1st Wednesday and Thursday every month | Wednesday & Thursday 4:30pm - 8:30pm - Wine and Waves Festival 17 and 18 March
- Hunter Food and Wine Festival
Merewether Beach - Food, wine, fashion, cooking demos, entertainment, sea breezes - Ballarat Wine Show
- The Ballarat Wine show is held each year in September.
- Rutherglen Winery Walkabout - June Long Weekend
- Is this the biggest wine festival in Australia? They certainly have the biggest wines
- Langhorne Creek Showcase: 5 May 2007
- The best opportunity all year to sample excellent Langhorne Creek wines and see, taste and smell what this wonderful region has to offer.
- Brisbane Wine Festival Home Page
- This festival is held in July each year, in 2007 it will be held on Friday to Sunday 6-8 July.
- Yarra Valley Smaller Wineries - Shortest Lunch Sat-Sun 23 -24 June 2007
- Join the boutique wineries of the Yarra Valley for a memorable day for a glass of wine, delicious food and live entertainment on the shortest weekend of the year.
- Winter Solstice Dinner and Bonfire at Summit Estate
- Sat Sun 23 - 24 June 2007. At Summit Estate in Queensland's Granite Belt. Celebrate the shortest day of the year and the re-birth of the sun, see the traditional wickerman burn on the bonfire.
- Upper Goulburn Wine Expo
- Upper Goulburn Wine & Food Expo, Saturday, 11 August, 2007 Town Hall, Alexandra, Vic
- The Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge - Welcome
- Held in October each year. 2007 awards announced at a black tie dinner on 18 October.
- WineSouth - News
- Southern Vineyards White Wine Weekend - 22 & 23 September, 12noon - 6pm. IXL Atrium, Hunter St, Hobart. Tastings of 50 wines from 18 southern Tasmanian vineyards.
James Halliday's Wine Companion 2008 released
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Australian wine festivals, shows etc
Easter Harvest Festival at The Gurdies
1pm till 6pm Saturday 22nd March 2008
A day of free music, fine wines from 3 wineries, a gourment sausage sizzle, grape 'games' for the afternoon and great views over the water.
www.thegurdieswinery.com.au for more info
Posted March 04, 2008
LOVEDALE LONG LUNCH
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th May 2008
The Lovedale Long Lunch is a progressive-type lunch where visitors wine and dine their way around the seven participating Lovedale wineries over the weekend enjoying a glass of wine, gourmet food, fabulous music and art. Come for the day or stay the weekend but don't miss this exciting moveable feast.
The participants in the 2008 event are Allandale Winery with Infuzion Restaurant,Cooper Wines with The Cellar Restaurant, Gartelmann with Chez Pok, Wandin Valley Estate with Bel Posto Café/Restaurant, Sandalyn Estate with Red Salt, Warraroong Estate with IL Cacciatore and Emma's Cottage Vineyard with Amanda's Restaurant.
Eat; drink, dance and most of all have fun!
For further information on menus, wine and entertainment visit www.lovedalelonglunch.com.au or email us at lunch@lovedalelonglunch.com.au
Posted February 26, 2008
Dear God, I meant "wine", not blogs!! LOL!! =)
Posted June 25, 2007
Great info! I've read recently that, because of global warming, Australian blogs tend to get only better!! I posted a note on my blog, but it's in portuguese... =(
Intercâmbio na Austrália
Posted June 25, 2007
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Victorian wine events
- TASTES OF PROM COUNTRY Jan 6, 2008
- Fine wines and award-winning local produce and beers.
SUNDAY JANUARY 6, 2008.
War Memorial Arts Centre, Foster.2007 - Yarra Valley Grape Grazing Festival 2008
- Held at wineries throughout the Victoria's famous Yarra Valley wine region, the Grape Grazing Festival is an annual celebration of fine wine, fabulous food and live music over 10 fun filled days in February.
- Alpine Valleys Gourmet Weekend
- Held in various venues over the weekend of 11-13 January 2008
- Brown Brothers Easter Festival 2008
- Brown Brothers will be closed on Good Friday, but will be running a festivla for teh remainder of Easter. There will be the ususal cellar dorr and restauran topen, and there will be a Farmers Market as well
- Echuca Moama's Riverboats, Jazz, Food & Wine Festival 2008
- 15th, 16th, 17th February 2008: Three day festival weekend.
- Harvest Picnic at Hanging Rock
- Sunday 24 February, 2008 lots of great wine and food stalls showcasing lots of goodies from throughout Victoria
- Peninsula Piers and Pinots
- 9 March 2008: Mornington Peninsula vignerons will showcase their pinots with matched food by The Long Table. Wineries include Tucks Ridge, Box Stallion, Lindenderry, Red Hill Estate, Morning Sun Estate, Montalto, Elgee Park, The Cups Estate, Stonier Wines, The Duke Vineyard, Willow Creek Vineyard, Baillieu Vineyard, Winbirra, Nazaaray, T'Gallant, Rahona Valley, Rigel Wines, Prancing Horse Estate and Whinstone.
- Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 22 February to 8 March 2008
- Get involved in classes, tastings, long lunches (throughout Victoria) and lots of other exciting events
- Inverloch wine and food festival
- Wine and food festival in Inverloch on the South Gippsland coast
Queensland wine events
- Dare to be different | The Courier-Mail
- Article announcing the new alternative varieties trail in Queensland's Granite Belt
South Australian Wine Events
- Twilight Happy Hours McLaren Vale
- Friday 28th to Saturday 29th December 2007. Daily from 5 to 9pm.
Six McLaren Vale wineries have joined together to bring you two evenings of twilight fun. - Adelaide Hills Crush festival
- The annual event will be held on Sunday 9th March 2008
Wine events in NSW
- South Coast Wine Show, 25-26 Jan 2008
- A public tasting of all show wines will take place between 6 and 8pm on Saturday 26th January, 2008, at the Milton Show Ground, Croobyar Rd. Milton, NSW
- A little bit of Italy in Broke
- Bocce, food, wine and music on April 12 2008.
Tasmanian Wine Events
- Festivale 2008 Tasmania | Launceston | City Park
- Held on Weekend of 9-12 February 2008. See the best food and wine of Northern Tasmania plus kids activities, street theatre and music
Western Australian Wine Events
- Great Southern Taste Western Australia,
- Great Southern Region of Western Australia has a festival from February 26 to 1 March 2008
