The Southern Highlands Food & Wine Festival from Friday 8th December to Sunday 10th December will be held in the heart of Bowral at historic Corbett Gardens.
You’ll experience great food, sensational wines, craft beer and spirits and the passionate people behind the region’s award-winning and delicious produce, beverages and related goods. You can visit for the day, or the weekend, as local winemakers, distillers, brewers, producers, eateries, musicians and creators of all things food and wine related are showcased for your pleasure.
The Southern Highlands is a haven for food lovers of all kinds. Whether you’re craving a hatted restaurant, scrumptious casual dining, a hearty and rustic pie or insta-worthy café dish, you can rest assured knowing every palate is catered for in this gourmet paradise, perfect for families, friends and foodies seeking new flavours to fall in love with. You’ll also find jams, pickles, olives, breads, cakes, pastries, and much more to buy. Your next favourite meal may just be waiting for you at the Southern Highlands Food & Wine Festival!
Equally exciting are the highly awarded Southern Highlands’ wines. With over 60 vineyards nestled in the picturesque region, prepare yourself for a food and wine enthusiast’s unforgettable tour with an impressive array of cool-climate varietals. Indulge in crisp chardonnay, zesty sauvignon blanc or refreshing riesling. The Southern Highlands Food & Wine Festival too, features all these along with lush pinot gris, tantalising pinot noir, velvety merlot and bold cabernet sauvignon. Every sip will have you falling in love with the Southern Highlands all over again!
Then get ready to embark on a journey of outstanding distilleries’ gins, whiskies, rums and liqueurs, expertly crafted using a diverse palette of influences, inspired by Spanish, Scottish, Macedonian and Italian recipes, among others.
And cheers to the beer enthusiasts, as local breweries’ craft beers might just steal the spotlight at the Southern Highlands Food & Wine Festival, and in pubs and hotels as you explore the Highlands’ best.
The Southern Highlands Food & Wine Festival’s “Market Hall” will have wonderful local art, handcrafts and artisan works to add to your experiences and your shopping collection.
Superb products across the Southern Highlands Food & Wine Festival will be available for you to buy for yourself, or as fabulous Christmas gifts, or indeed just to enjoy. You’ll be thrilled with all the ideas – perhaps that’s Christmas done!
Meanwhile dance to the beat and feel yourself at a musical festival too, with an incredible line up of talented local musicians entertaining you with the sounds of soul, jazz, funk and bossa nova as you stroll, drink, eat and shop in historic Corbett Gardens festooned with festive lighting.
Accommodation in the Southern Highlands suits all your needs from hotels and bed and breakfasts to luxury retreats, self-catering cottages, farm stays and camping options. Every preference and every budget is excellently catered for, so come for the weekend.
And while you’re there, other activities to add to your Southern Highlands Food & Wine Festival enjoyment:
- Donald Bradman’s Museum and the Cricket Hall of Fame;
- Dirty Jane’s Antique Market, offering hours of iconic vintage goods shopping;
- Art galleries of all tastes and styles;
- Red Cow Farm Garden for one of the most beautiful gardens you will experience;
- Redford Park, built in 1887 by the Hordern family and lavishly redesigned by James Fairfax in the 1960s;
- Magnificent Fitzroy and Belmore Falls;
- The Surveyor General Inn in Berrima, one of Australia’s oldest pubs
Visit Destination Southern Highlands for more information – www.visitsouthernhighlands.com.au
The Southern Highlands Food & Wine Festival will be the highlight of your year. Enjoy celebrating this local, sustainable and tasty event in Corbett Gardens under the spellbinding lights of the Festival of Light, illuminating a fabulous time for you, your friends and family.
The Southern Highlands Food & Wine Festival:
Friday 8th December, 5pm – 10pm
Saturday 9th December,11am – 10pm
Sunday 10th December, 11am – 4pm
For further information, and to purchase tickets go to: www.southernhighlandsfestival.com.au
