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Aussie Wine Month is Back for 2017

Aussie Wine Month is back this May for the sixth year, a month-long celebration that champions cutting-edge wines that are defining Australia right now in a national program including masterclasses, workshops and tastings taking place across major cities and regional towns.

Aussie Wine Month 2017

Australia will play host to hundreds of events throughout the country, with highlights including a collaborative lunch by Melbourne’s Guy Grossi and Yering Station’s Maxime Croiset on 20 May, and “Fresh Wine Disco” in the Adelaide Hills on 6 May led by low-intervention winemaker Taras Ochota (Ochota Barrels). Chef and media personality Dan Hong will host “Up Close & Personal” at Mr. Wong on 13 May, giving guests a rare insight into his career over yum cha and wine pairings by The Little Wine Company in the Hunter Valley.

Other highlights of Aussie Wine Month 2017 include:

  • Lovedale Long Lunch on 20 May – 21 May
  • Taste of Manly 27 May – 28 May
  • The Rise of the Wine Cocktail at Cellar on Bouche on 8 May

Aussie Wine Month runs nationwide from 1 – 31st May 2017. Visit their website for more information about the program http://www.aussiewinemonth.com/

About the author

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.