Tasmania’s finest sparkling houses will once again come together to showcase their best cuvées at the Effervescence Tasmania Sparkling Wine Festival from 10-13 November 2022.
Now in its eighth year, Effervescence Tasmania brings guests to Northern Tasmania with the opportunity to sample over 50 sparkling wines from around Tasmania, poured by the people who grow and make them.
Comedian and wine expert Merrick Watts will host the Gala Dinner and will also be bringing his smash-hit show “An Idiot’s Guide to Wine” to Effervescence this year.
“This is one of my all-time favourite shows to do, getting to perform it at one of my all-time favourite wineries, and one of the most picturesque places on the planet, is really tough,” said Watts.
“It’s a comedy show about wine. People taste wines as I tell jokes about the grapes and their history. As a warning, I should say, some people over the course of the wine tasting have learnt something. That’s accidental.”
Boasting a world-class program of events, Effervescence Tasmania will celebrate the New World’s best sparkling wines across a long weekend of luxury and indulgence. The event is designed to capitalise on Tasmania’s increasingly fine reputation for premium new world sparkling wine and used as a vehicle to invite and educate trade, media, and over 1000 wine enthusiasts on the quality of sparkling wine produced in Tasmania.
Supported by Events Tasmania the festival is delivered by Tasmania’s leading premium sparkling producers and its appeal as a destination event is evident by the number of the pre-sale tickets to interstate and overseas guests eager to make the trip to Tasmania in November.
Highlights of the 2022 program include The Grand Tasting, a public tasting event at Josef Chromy Wines on Saturday 11 November showcasing over 50 cuvées from fourteen of Tasmania’s best sparkling producers. The popular Bubbles and Beats DJ session will round out the Saturday program.
Listed by UNESCO as a City of Gastronomy, Effervescence is also supported by the regions fabulous produce. The cellar doors of Jansz Tasmania, Clover Hill, House of Arras, Timbre Kitchen, Black Cow and Josef Chromy Wines will host an array of tours , degustation dinners, lunches, picnics and masterclasses throughout the Tamar Valley over the course of the festival.
‘The Effervescence Tasmania festival is a brilliant showcase of local product, with demand for Tasmanian sparkling remaining exceptionally high. For many participating sparkling houses, these wines are in such short supply that we are keeping stock aside just for the event,’ says Shaine De Venny, General Manager of Josef Chromy Wines/Paragon Wine Estates.
‘Effervescence Tasmania is a great opportunity to sample wines that may not be available otherwise, and to get insider information on when the next release is available.’
Tickets for Effervescence Tasmania are on sale now and are available through the Effervescence Tasmania website.
