NSW Wine Week 2009 – happy drinking in Sydney’s Hyde Park
Having spent a few days in Melbourne and Adelaide this year I can confirm: Melburnians and people from Adelaide (is there such a thing as in Adelaidian?) are true supporters of their respective wine regions. The majority of the wine lists in ‘their’ restaurants are full of local wines. So how about New South Wales?
Winebar in Melbourne with local Victorian Wines
Sydneysiders tend to buy and try drops from interstate or even international producers – Victorian, Tasmanian and South Australian wines as well as the latest drops from Europe or the US dominate wine lists in Sydney and around. The latest MAT Nielsen Data shows us that only 6.3% of the total bottled wine sold in NSW comes from local producers although the States’ wineries produce about one third of the wines here Down Under.
I can confirm this result as the most famous wine region here in NSW considered by my friends is the Hunter Valley. That’s it! Basta!
Not too many people in Sydney itself know, that the Canberra region or the Southern Highlands produce some outstanding drops. And this is the reason why NSW wine producers have teamed up and started the NSW wine week, for the first time last year. Their strategy is to seriously increase NSW wine presence in bottle shops and restaurants over the next five years.
The wine week kicked off on Sunday in Sydney’s Hyde Park, with more than 100 wineries displaying their wines. A fantastic event with thousands of wine enthusiasts and lots of sunshine. But don’t forget the rest of this week: in many restaurants we will find lunch specials (for under $50 per head) and in various places in Sydney, you’ll be able to learn and experience wine and food prepared and commented by the city’s finest chefs and wine experts. Enjoy.
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Die NSW Wine Week (vom 1. bis 7. Maerz) findet nun schon zum 2. Mal statt. Mehr als 100 Produzenten haben am vergangenen Sonntag ihre Weine im Hyde Park bei herrlichstem Wetter zur Schau gestellt. Viele Tausend Besucher kamen und probierten was das Zeug haelt.
Und warum gibt es diese NSW Wine Week: ganze 6.3% aller in NSW verkauften oder servierten Weine kommen aus den lokalen Wineries, das ist zu wenig – so haben jene beschlossen und somit die NSW Wine Week ins Leben gerufen, um damit ihren Ruf hier in und um Sydney zu verbessern. Wir wuenschen viel Erfolg.
Ihr Michael Brecht
Related posts:
- The NSW wine week starts in Sydney on the 1st of March 2009
- Charity Dinner in the Geelong wine region
- Happy New Year – ein frohes neues Jahr 2009
- Aus dem Hunter Valley an den Strand von Balmoral: Hunter Uncorked
- Pinot Gris or Grigio – a real Shooting Star here in Australia and New Zealand
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Guilty as charged. I love the Hunter Valley but I also lean heavily to Victorian and WA wines. But I agree NSW Wine Week is a fantastic concept and Sydney Cellar Door on Sunday was great! I myself have just discovered wines from Canberra, Orange and Riverina. http://tinyurl.com/caqapf