BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:Australia/Sydney X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2698@aroundhermitage.com.au DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20190925 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20190930 DTSTAMP:20190819T015654Z URL:https://www.aroundhermitage.com.au/events/1st-release-wine-week-events / SUMMARY:1ST RELEASE WINE WEEK EVENTS DESCRIPTION:Explore the Around Hermitage Wine and Food Trail\, perhaps hire a bike and travel along our newly constructed cycleway. Enjoy leisurely w ine tastings and a lunch at one of our restaurants or cafes.\nExperience i mmersive and fun activities at the cellar doors and other venues\, meet th e owners and winemakers and hear their stories.\n\n1st Release Wine Week w ww.firstreleasewines.com.au\n\nDAILY 1ST RELEASE WINE AND HUNTER VALLEY CH OCOLATE TASTING\nGlandore Estate Wines | 02 4998 7140 | Bookings Essential \nHand-crafted chocolates by Adora make for the ultimate indulgence when p aired with wine.\n\nDAILY 1ST RELEASE WINE TOUR\nTwo Fat Blokes Gourmet To urs | 0414 316 859 | Bookings Essential\nJoin an exclusive tour of the 1st Release wineries by small group mini bus. Use booking code 1STRELEASE val id for tours 25-29 September. Online bookings twofatblokes.com.au/tours\n \nDAILY 1ST RELEASE TOUR BY ELECTRIC BIKE\nSutton Estate | 0448 600 288 | Bookings Essential\nVisit the many wineries in motorised style and enjoy t he wind in your hair and experience a tour at your own pace.\n\nDAILY ENJO YING THE GOOD LIFE\nTintilla Estate and Olive Grove | 02 6574 7093\nWe off er a range of light alfresco platters to be enjoyed with our wines. We loo k forward to our guests joining us and living the good life! We have a mea t and cheese plate\, a cheese plate\, spice and bread plate along with a b owl of olives and for a treat mini gelatos. We source our offerings from l ocal producers such as the Binnorie Dairy for cheese and Branxton Butcher for salamis along with bread from Fawk’s Bakery. At Tintilla we make muc h of the produce ourselves such as home-made terrine\, home-cured olives a nd a range of seasonal condiments. We look forward to our guests joining u s and living the good life!\n\nDAILY WINE THEATRE\nHunter Valley Resort | 02 4998 7777 | Bookings Essential\nA visual experience in Wine Education. We take you on a learning experience with a bracket of 4 wines. Here we te ach you how to taste front palate sweetness\, acidity\, and back palate ta nnins\, and most importantly exercising your nose to appreciate the bouque t of wine\n\nDAILY HUNTER VALLEY WINE SCHOOL\nHunter Valley Resort | 02 49 98 7777 | Bookings Essential\nA 2-hour tutorial - The structured wine tuto rial covers: Where and how is wine made? What is its history? What are the grape varieties? How are they different? Blending – Why\, and what does one look for with the bouquet\, taste\, and colour?\n\nDAILY WINE ESCAPE ROOM\nSutton Estate | 0442 908 8020 | Bookings Essential\nAt the Wine Esca pe Room\, we host real life escape games which are fun and engaging live a ction activities which take place in our specially designed room. Work tog ether as a team to solve a series of puzzles that will test your logic\, l ateral thinking and ingenuity. The Wine Escape Room includes a wine tastin g activity and wine smelling activity of some of the best wine in the Hunt er Valley.\n\nDAILY HORSE RIDING IN THE VINES\nHunter Valley Horses | 0431 337 367 | Bookings Essential\nGiddy up! Enjoy the spectacular Hunter Vall ey from a truly unique perspective\, admiring views of the breathtaking Br oken Back Range\, surrounding vineyards and farmland.\n\nDAILY 1ST RELEASE PICNIC IN THE VINEYARD\nMisty Glen Wines | 02 4998 7781 | Bookings Essent ial\nEnjoy a gourmet picnic in the vineyard with a selection of Misty Glen ’s 1st Release Wines. Pre-book your picnic hamper. 11am-2.30pm\n\nSATURD AY TUSCAN LONG LUNCH WITH 1ST RELEASE WINES\nTintilla Estate | 02 6574 709 3 | Bookings Essential\nJoin the Tintilla Family for a truly enjoyable lun ch in the Tuscan style on the deck at Tintilla overlooking the vineyard. C elebrate the start of spring and the 1st Release of wines with us at Tinti lla Estate. 12.30-4pm\n\nSATURDAY 1ST RELEASE PICNIC ON THE LAWN\nPokolbin Estate | 02 4998 7524\n1st Release Sangiovese and Riesling\, Wood Fired P izza\, Live Music\, Gourmet Food Tasting\n\nSATURDAY SPRING WOMBAT CROSSIN G VINEYARD MEMBERS AND FRIENDS LONG LUNCH\nSpicers Restaurant Botanica | 0 2 6574 7357 | Bookings Essential\nJoin the Wombat crew for a 5 course degu station lunch matched to first release and aged Wombat Crossing Vineyard w ines. We hold this lunch at Restaurant Botanica\, just across Hermitage Rd from Wombat. Restaurant Botanica is one of the Hunter Valley’s hatted r estaurants\, and offers fine food and superb views. After lunch (around 4. 00) we move across the road to our cellar door for further conviviality an d some other interesting wines. Celebrate the start of spring and the 1st Release of Wombat Crossing Vineyard wines! From 12pm.\n\nPlease Book Direc t with the Venue.\n\nMention Around Hermitage 1st Release Wine Week when b ooking\n\nAccommodation offers: https://www.aroundhermitage.com.au/hunter- valley-deals/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.aroundhermitage.com.au/wp-content/up loads/2019/08/1st-release-events-18.jpg CATEGORIES:1st Release,Around Hermitage Events,Featured Events,Festivals,Food and Wine,Hunter Valley Events LOCATION:Around Hermitage\, Hermitage Road\, Pokolbin\, NSW\, 2320\, Hunter Valley\, Australia GEO:-32.7114654;151.25679360000004 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hermitage Road\, Pokolbin\, NSW\, 2320\, Hunter Valley\, Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Around Hermitage:geo:-32.7114654,151.25679360000004 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20190407T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR