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Orange’s best ever FOOD Week

The 2013 Orange FOOD Week has been hailed as the best ever with all the events, across ten days in April, extremely well supported.

The 2013 FOOD Week was the region’s 22nd such event, making it one of the longest regional food festivals in Australia. The event comprised over 100 separate dinners, tastings, talks, tours and lunches, attracting fantastic crowds of up 30,000.

“Considering the population of Orange is around 40,000, the number of people supporting these events is phenomenal,” said Orange FOOD Week President, Edwena Mitchell.

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Hunter Valley’s sparkling chardonnay released

Bilgavia Estate has released its 2012 Bilgavia Estate Blanc de Blanc ($30) at the recent NSW Wine Festival.

The new Blanc de Blanc is made from Chardonnay grown on Bilgavia Estate’s 19.6 hectare vineyard located at Parsons Creek Farm in the Broke Fordwich region of NSW’s Hunter Valley.

The new wine joins the recently released Bilgavia Estate Chardonnay and Verdelho, with a 2013 Shiraz planned for release next year.

Annual celebration of the new harvest of Lowe Wines

On Saturday April 27 120 people will be seated in the middle of the Lowe Winery to begin an epic ten courses of food matched to 20 wines.

The Vintage Birthday Party at Lowe Wines is an end of each vintage tradition, reflecting on the harvest while checking out what shape previous vintages are in.

It is a relatively new tradition explains Chief Winemaker and CEO, David Lowe. “I cut my teeth in the wine industry during the heady and extravagant days at Rothbury Estate and whilst those parties were pretty over the top, they were a lot of fun. This is our annual ode to indulgence.”

2013 Vintage Report: New England, NSW

A ‘challenging’ vintage.

Although often overused in the wine industry, ‘challenging’ is an apt descriptor for vintage 2013 in the broad region of New England.

The season saw it all: wind, rain, sun, storms, cloud, hail, wet, dry, tempest, hot, cool…. not necessarily in that order.

“We had a very good start to vintage,” said Topper’s Mountain owner, Mark Kirkby. “There was excellent fruit set and a sensible amount of rain.”

Record Vintage at Kingston Estate Wines

Corks were popping at Kingston Estate Wines last week when the Riverland winemaker reached a major milestone.

At 6:30am Friday the family winery reached a new record and processed 100,000 tonnes for the 2013 vintage.

Kingston’s Winemaker and Managing Director, Bill Moularadellis said, “It’s a remarkable achievement to crush 100,000 tonnes in a vintage.”

New partnership formed with Orange’s Emus Rugby Club

Orange Emus Rugby Union Football Club and Angullong Wines have announced a new partnership that sees Angullong Wines taken on the role of major sponsor of the club for the next three seasons, from 2013 to 2015.

“This is an exciting time for Emus Rugby,” commented Club President, Toby Tancred. “Angullong is a successful Orange winemaker who is keen to be involved in a community based club such as Emus. The initial agreement is for three years, however we feel that the partnership will be successful for both parties which will ensure that it grows into a much longer term arrangement.”

Orange region to unveil its secrets

The 2013 Orange FOOD Week promises to unveil many of the secrets that have built the Orange region in to one of Australia’s most successful food and wine destinations.

The annual FOOD Week boasts a number of premier events such as FORAGE, the FOOD Night Markets and 100 Mile Dinner, however it is also a week that will see over 100 separate food and wine events.

The secrets of the region will be exposed in a number of events during the ten days beginning on the 12^thApril.

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8th May 2013

Orange’s best ever FOOD Week

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