Bathurst Harvest Festival
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Sunday 11th
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Monday 26th April
2010
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| Schedule of Events - Wine |
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Mount Panorama Winery On your way around Mount Panorama stop, sample and purchase some cool climate wine made from the grapes grown on the world famous race track.
Stone Pine Distillery See the distillery, meet the distiller and sample our range of spirits and liqueurs at the bar. The distillery is located only five minutes from Bathurst city centre.
Stone Pine Distillery See the distillery, meet the distiller and sample our range of spirits and liqueurs at the bar. The distillery is located only five minutes from Bathurst city centre.
Cobblestone Restaurant & McGrath Family Wines - hosted by Peter McGrath, the night will showcase regional produce matched with the McGrath Family medal winning wines and music from Mitchell Conservatorium. Limited seating - 3 courses with matching wine.
Stone Pine Distillery See the distillery, meet the distiller and sample our range of spirits and liqueurs at the bar. The distillery is located only five minutes from Bathurst city centre.
A Walk through the vineyard Winemaker, Mark Renzaglia, will review all aspects of winemaking including a stroll through the vineyard and winery with discussions about high quality cool climate winegrowing. The tour will include barrel testing's and conclude with a tasting of current, and not yet released, wines. Winburndale Wines will be open for tastings and nibbles throughout the Harvest Festival weekend from 11am to 4pm.
Festa della Vendemmia at Vale Creek As a feature of the ‘Bathurst Harvest Festival', the ‘Festa della Vendemmia' (Grape Harvest Festival) will be held at ‘Vale Creek Wines' Cellar Door. The day will include tastings of our distinctive Italian wine varieties, whilst a light menu will feature the popular ‘Arrosticini', a lamb delicacy from Italy's Abruzzo region. Various light musical recitals will add to festivities. Being harvest time or ‘vintage', the winery will be full of excitement and activity. Tours of the winery and vineyard will take place and include exclusive barrel tastings of the 2009 red wines that will be bottled in May for release later in the year.
Grappa Distilling In true Italian harvest tradition, grape marc from Vale Creek Wines will be distilled at Stone Pine Distillery to produce "Grappa". See the still in action, learn how grappa is made and taste the legendary disestif at the bar.
Solid Gold This will be an evening of gold medal winning wines from Winburndale's cellar matched with the culinary masterpieces of chef Phillippe Legall. This event will be hosted at Bishops's Court Estate. Bookings are essential.
The Harvest Festival is part of the Autumn Colours program which features many
more events that celebrate the colours of the Bathurst Region.
For a Autumn Colours Program contact Bathurst Visitor Information Centre
1800 68 1000 or http://www.visitbathurst.com.au/
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