Wine Events in Australia

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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.

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Wine events in NSW 

Wine festivals, tastings, dinners and music in NSW vineyards and regions

South Coast Wine Show, 22 Jan 2010
A public tasting of all show wines will take place at 6-8pm on Saturday 23rd January, 2010, at the Milton Show Ground, Croobyar Rd. Milton, NSW.
Opera in the Vineyards Hunter Valley
At Wyndham Estate in the Hunter Valley on 24 October 2009. Wine and food festival followed by performance by 3 Tenors

Victorian Wine Events 

Bendigo wine and heritage weekend
Bendigo Heritage Uncorked celebrates the food and wine and architectural history of the iconic gold city.
Geelong Region Toast to the Coast
Celebrate Geelong's premium cool climate wines and regional produce at the annual Toast to the Coast Festival October 31 -November 1
Australian Inland Wine Show - Swan Hill
Public Tasting on Friday 16th October.
Wines from these regions
Heathcote Wine and Food Festival 3 and 4 October
Lovely reds from Shiraz and others and some very good whites will be on show along with other regional food specialties.

South Australian Wine Events 

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Adelaide Hills Crush festival
The annual event will be held on Sunday 9th March 2008

Queensland wine events 

Small Winemakers Show Tasting Saturday, 24 October 2009
Article announcing the public tasting of the wines in the Australian Small Winemakers Show at Stanthorpe in Queensland's Granite Belt.
Public Tasting: 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm at Exhibition Centre, Stanthorpe Show Grounds, High Street, STANTHORPE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

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

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

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    Jake Youngblood Jake Youngblood Aug 23, 2009 @ 2:57 pm
    Excellent information! I first had Australian wine a few years ago and it wasn't the best experience. I stopped trying them for awhile until one day my father mentioned one that he absolutely loved. Coincidentally, the next day I saw the same wine at Whole Foods and decided to pick it up. I'm really glad I did because I fell in love with it! I am now a huge fan of many different reds from Australia.

    Regards,
    Jake
    http://wine-complete.com
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    burgundywine burgundywine Apr 30, 2009 @ 10:21 am
    thanks for participating oporunidad this page is great for my opinion on the wines and their variety
    http://www.myburgundywine.com/
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    Peter Svans Peter Svans Mar 4, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
    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
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    Tanya Henzell Tanya Henzell Feb 26, 2008 @ 4:53 am
    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
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    Fabio Bascaras Fabio Bascaras Jun 25, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
    Dear God, I meant "wine", not blogs!! LOL!! =)
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