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NSW Wine Region Dinners

During NSW Wine Week, Sydney will host unique dinner experiences in some of Sydney’s leading restaurants.

Each dinner will showcase the rich regional diversity of NSW Wine allowing you to enjoy a tour of the NSW Wine regions matched to an exquisitely prepared degustation menu . The chef will craft wine and food matches and will discuss the process and outcome on the night with their guests. The dinners will be hosted by a wine and food celebrity, who will talk with the guests and a panel of the host chef and three of NSW’s leading winemakers.
 
Bookings are essential.
 

Tickets to all dinner events are up to $160 per person including degustation menu and wine.

 
Monday March 15, Becasse - Tour of the Regions Dinner with Justin North & Peter Bourne

Host Chef:                   Justin North

MC:                               Peter Bourne

Winemakers:              Anthony Ward (Echo Ridge); Bruce Tyrrell (Tyrrell's); Russell

                                      Cody (Barwang)

Price:                            $160 per person

Bookings Essential:  9283 3440, Becasse, 204 Clarence Street, Sydney

Experience the superb food of Justin North, who will be joined by his wife Georgia and renowned wine-writer, Peter Bourne, to host this special dinner. Winemakers from some of NSW Wines' most exciting family wine businesses will participate in this dinner, offering guests the chance to learn about the benefits of a family business, the challenges and the legacies while enjoying the superb selection of food and wine.

 

Tuesday March 16, Buon Ricordo ~Tour of the Regions Dinner with Armando Percuoco & Tiffany Nugan

Host Chefs:                Armando Percuoco and Darren Taylor

MC:                              Tiffany Nugan

Winemakers:             Jeff Byrne (Audrey Wilkinson); Peter Logan (Logan); Duane Roy

                                      (Glandore); Nick Spencer (Eden Road)

Price:                           $160 per person

Bookings Essential: 9360 6729, Buon Ricordo, 108 Boundary St, Paddington

Armanda Percuoco is an icon of the Sydney restaurant scene for his fine Italian cuisine. Join host, Tiffany Nugan, and some of NSW's most dynamic winemakers in a journey of NSW's rich and diverse wine regions matched to the exquisite regional cuisine of Italy. Chat with NSW winemakers and Percuoco himself on matching NSW Wine with Italian food. Buon Ricordo means 'good memories' and this event will leave you with just that!

 

Wednesday March 17, Pilu at Freshwater  ~  Best of NSW Trophy Winners Dinner with Giovanna Pilu & Huon Hooke

Host Chefs:               Giovanni Pilu

MC:                              Huon Hooke

Winemaker:               PJ Charteris (Brokenwood) "Winner of the NSW Wine of the Year"

Price:                           $160 per person

Bookings Essential: 9938 3331, Pilu at Freshwater, End of Moore Road, Freshwater

 

This dinner will unite the talent of celebrity Chef, Giovanni Pilu; Australia's renowned wine writer, Huon Hooke; and winemaker of the NSW Wine of the Year, PJ Charteris, to showcase and explore the 'best of the best' of NSW Wine. This is sure to be a spectacular night with the finest Sardinian (Italian) cuisine perfectly matched to this State's best wines. Meet the chef, the critic and the winemakers behind NSW's Trophy winners in one of Sydney's acclaimed restaurants.

 

 

Thursday March 18, Sean's Kitchen - Tour of the Regions Dinner with Sean Connolly & Lyndey Milan

Host Chef:                  Sean Connolly

MC:                              Lyndey Milan

Winemakers:             Mike De Garis (Bimbadgen),Ian Scarborough (Scarborough Wine Co.)

                                     Greg Bishop (Coolangatta Estate); Michael De Iuliis (De Iuliis, Hunter Valley)

Price:                           $150 per person

Bookings Essential: 9657 9264, Sean's Kitchen, Level 2, Hotel Tower, Star City Casino, 80 Pyrmont

                                      Street, Pyrmont

Chef Sean Connolly has carved a reputation as one of Sydney’s celebrity chefs from making extraordinary international cuisine with Spanish influences. Join Sean, renowned food and wine identity, Lyndey Milan, and some of NSW’s finest winemakers in a journey of NSW’s diverse wine regions matched to Sean’s hand-crafted degustation menu.  A night of cutting edge food matched to world-class wines not to be missed.