Melbourne Food & Wine
Melbourne Food & Wine
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Each year
more than 300,000 people
visit Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
Some fly here in an hour, others take 24, but all leave with a sense of the unique food and wine landscape that makes our state Australia’s culinary heart.
For 20 glorious days during Victoria's long warm autumn we celebrate the best of our regional food and wine at more than 100 events across the state.
There's the Regional World's Longest Lunches held simultaneously in 29 stunning locations, such as atop the historic Trestle Bridge at Noojee and beneath shady trees by the river's edge in Kyneton's Botanical Gardens.
Events across the state celebrate seasonal bounty and the boundless imagination of our farmers, chefs and winemakers. Imagine boarding a train to the country, feasting on yabbies, picnicking in a park, or tasting rare vintages of your favourite wine.
Choose your favourite regional event then stay the night before exploring another event or two the next day. Get to know real Victorians who dedicate their lives to making great food and wine.
Melbourne Metro
Melbourne comes alive in Autumn. After a hot, hot summer there’s no better time to immerse yourself in the gastronomic splendour that the city has to offer than in March.
Read MoreDaylesford and Macedon Ranges
Rich soils grow root vegetables, lamb, beef and pork, some handmade into rich smoked smallgoods. Here grow grapes made into cool-climate whites, reds and sparkling. So good is the produce that top chefs move here to live in this beautiful country where their ingredients grow.
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Goldfields
Grand stone buildings and heritage streetscapes house destination restaurants, bars and cafés. In the sheltered valleys grow juicy stonefruit, crisp apples and pears, crushed for traditional cider. Nearby the hard granite country yields benchmark shiraz, a perfect drop to help celebrate local prime beef, lamb and pork.
Grampians
Under the weathered ranges of the Grampians, sheep and cattle grow fat, apples and berries quietly ripen, while in the olive groves branches stoop low with plump fruit. Sparkling whites silently age in cellars deep underground, while classic reds are made from 150-year-old vines.
Read MoreGreat Ocean Road
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Greater Melbourne
On Melbourne's doorstep grow fruit and vegetables, while some exceptional wines are nurtured nearby. Sprawling public gardens, parks and historic farms and homesteads intertwine with the multicultural fabric of the suburbs bringing produce to the bustling streets to help make Melbourne the World's Most Liveable City.
Read MoreHigh Country
Bush-cloaked mountains feed clear streams and rivers that cut through fertile valleys growing nuts, fruit and hearty prime lambs. Here they make merticulous brews, hand churned butter, delectable smallgoods, world-renowned fortified wines, outstanding whites and reds and Italian-inspired prosecco.
READ MOREMornington Peninsula
Straddling two bays this patchwork of green farmlets is dotted with winery-side restaurants and welcoming cellar doors offering cool-climate wines and award-winning meals. Home to sublime olive oil, artisan cheeses and farm-gate fruit, vegetables and home-baked goodies, this is a food tourist's playground.
Read MorePhillip Island
Bass Strait pounds the east and Westernport Bay laps the west of this green, undulating island. Small producers raise highland cattle and other accredited environmental beef. Abalone and crayfish are caught professionally off the coast while amateurs flock to Westernport for fine-fleshed whiting and flathead.
The Murray
A green ribbon of river red gums marks the meandering Murray River as it cuts its way past historic port towns and through ancient gnarled forests. It passes farmland where stonefruit and tomatoes grow plump and sweet, and where olives, grapes and citrus ripen in the year-round sun.
Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges
Vines cloak the valley floor, famous for its whites, light reds and sparkling wines. Dairy cattle graze the pastures, milked to make artisan cheeses. In the cool of the hills grow berries and soft fruits, while in towns famous for grand old pubs artisan bread, craft beer and specialty pasta are made.
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Visit Victoria
Visiting our regions is the best way to Put Victoria on Your Table and indulge in the edible bounties of our state. Make a resolution to taste your way through our 11 regions and pop into a local farmers' market. Do it now!
