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How To Sample
South Burnett Wines
Sampling the output of our wineries at the Festival is
easy!
All the region's top wineries will be gathered together in the Giant Wine
Tent (you simply can't miss them!)
You can meet the winemakers in a relaxed atmosphere, discuss the
wines with them, try them (most samples are modestly priced) and
if you want to, buy your favourites directly over the counter at
rock-bottom prices.
There's absolutely no pressure and you can do it all in a fun,
friendly atmosphere with lots of other people who love
wine just as much as you do!
If you prefer, you can also obtain beer and low to mid-strength mixers
on the grounds. Tea, coffee, soft drinks, fresh fruit
juices and water will be available in the food court too.
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Queensland's Top Wineries
On Show!
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The South Burnett Wine & Food in The Park Festival is a showcase
for the South Burnett's wineries. In 2001 we were declared one of
Queensland's official wine regions - and when you try our wines we're
sure you'll soon see why!
In 2003 we also became Queensland's largest grape crush region, crushing
almost triple the Granite Belt's harvest and more than every
other Queensland wine region combined! That year we also waltzed away with
50% of the gold medals at the Queensland Wine Awards plus a swag of
silvers and bronzes - more medals per capita than anyone else too.
This year nearly all the South Burnett's best winemakers will be at the 2012
Festival. You can sample some of the earliest releases of their 2011 vintages.
Or try some of the white, red and sparkling wines that won state and
national awards over the last year.
The South Burnett wineries exhibiting at the 2012 Festival are:
| 2012 Winery Exhibitors
(All in the Giant Wine
Tent) |
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(0438) 724-122
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(07) 4168-4784
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(07) 4162-4534
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(07) 4168-4788
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(07) 4162-7647
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Kingsley Grove
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(07) 4162-2229
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(07) 4168-4797
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(07) 4162-8222
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(07) 4168-4802
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See The South Burnett's
 Foods and Wines
Right Up Close!
 Apart
from great wines, this year the South Burnett Wine & Food In The Park
Festival will also play host to the brand new PCA South Burnett Regional
Cuisine Showcase.
The South Burnett is one of Queensland's major food bowls. And while
it's probably best-known for producing peanuts, it's also home to
an enormous range of other crops (anything from dragonfruits to avocados,
wine grapes to fresh cheeses).
This year well-known Courier-Mail food writer David Costello and
Queensland's own Master of Wine Peter Scudamore-Smith (pictured
at right) will be emceeing this exciting event in conjunction with Cr.
Cheryl Dalton from the South Burnett Regional Council.
Throughout the day they'll be talking with South Burnett food producers,
winemakers and chefs about all aspects of the South Burnett's
regional cuisine: a really great opportunity for dedicated foodies to get
the low-down on all facets of this topic.
The PCA South Burnett Regional Cuisine Showcase will run in the PCA Food
Tent from 11:00am to around 4:00pm and will follow this
schedule (subject to change):
| PCA Regional Cuisine Showcase
(11:00am to 4:00pm) |
11:00am
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Introduction
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Cr Cheryl Dalton from the South Burnett Regional Council
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11:30am-12:30pm
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David Costello interviews South Burnett food businesses
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12:30pm-1:30pm
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Peter Scudamore-Smith interviews South Burnett wine businesses
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1:30pm-4:00pm
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David Costello interviews South Burnett chefs
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Eat Your Way
Around The World
Our Giant Food Court is always a popular feature of each year's Festival.
And this year we have dozens of food vendors offering everything from
curries to churros, vegetarian to Spanish cuisine, and cheese platters through
to Thai finger foods. Here's who'll be appearing at our Giant Food Court
this year (and also inside the Giant Wine Tent):
| In The Giant Food Court |
Food Supplier
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Cuisine
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The Peanut Van
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Plain and flavoured peanuts from the South Burnett
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Kingaroy Rotary Club
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Curries and gourmet hamburgers
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Govindas Vegetarian
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Vegetarian Indian foods
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Amaretto Coffee
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Coffee, hot chocolate, tea, soft drinks, water, cakes
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Sunshine Poffertjes
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Poffertjes, cold drinks, steamed dim sims
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German Sausages
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Bratwurst, knackwurst, frankfurter, kranski, sauerkraut
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Booie Bello Vista
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Open and closed pies, slushi drinks in cups
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Len & Robyn Auld
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Exotic filled candy & licorice strips & containers, lolly jars, lollipops
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Chef Sudha's Indian Delights
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Indian foods (eg: butter chicken, beef rogan josh, mango lasi, tikka etc)
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Phatburgers
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Gourmet burgers, Phat Dogs, Phat Spuds, fresh rolls and sandwiches
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Kingaroy Cheese
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Platters of soft cheeses and crackers
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Yummy Food
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Mexican nachos, cheese kransky, knackwurst, chips, wedges etc
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True Cool
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Twisted potatoes
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Marine Harvest
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Seafood rolls (prawns, crab, whiting etc), calamari, chips, cutlets, soft
drinks
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Bangkok Street Fare
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Thai Finger Food
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Fresh Thailicious Delights
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Fresh fruit smoothies & juices, Thai-style finger foods, curries and
stir-fries
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Accents Restaurant
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Asian-style pork wraps and Thai beef salads
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A Wedding Or Event
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Cheesecakes
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Woodfire Pizza
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Wood-fired pizzas including vegetarian and Italian sausage served in sourdough
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Tapas Spanish BBQ
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Spanish BBQ chicken, chorizo sausage salad, roasted mushrooms etc
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Sweet Floz
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Fresh churros, South American alfajores, water
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Dutch Pancakes
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Dutch pancakes, German knackwurst sausages, gluten-free cuisine
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Coffee Capers
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Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, chai, muffins, slices & biscuits, frappes
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Mammino Ice-Creams
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Ice creams & sorbets
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Cheeseworld Goomeri
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Platters of hard cheeses and crackers
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Taste South Burnett
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Freshly-made South Burnett fudges
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Kingaroy Kitchens
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Biscuits, jams, chutneys, dukkahs and mini cakes
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Sunny Ridge Gardens
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Prepackaged fudge, prepackaged teas, hot & cold teas
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And Then Get Stuck Into...
Sampling The
South Burnett!
SOLD OUT: Last year Wine & Food In The
Park unveiled a special treat for dedicated wine and food buffs: a
short Masterclass in wine-tasting led by Master of Wine Peter
Scudamore-Smith accompanied by catering from Sheree Strauss and her team
from
Kingaroy Caterers: It
was called Sample The South Burnett and it allowed 80 people
to have a rare wine and food experience that they'll probably remember
for the rest of their lives.
Sample The South Burnett was so popular and so successful,
in fact, that this year we've asked Peter Scudamore-Smith and Kingaroy Catering
back to expand on the experience. So if you enjoyed last year's
Masterclass we think you'll like this year's even more!
 In 2012 Sample The South Burnett will take
the form of a sit-down, under-cover dinner for 50 people right
in the Festival's grounds.
The three-course dinner will run from 5:30pm to 8:30pm and
Peter Scudamore-Smith will be selecting six wines and discussing them
in the intervals between each of the courses.
You can view the menu for the dinner
by clicking
here (the six wines that will accompany the dinner will be announced
on the night).
And you can obtain tickets ($55 per head) from 7th February 2012 until
they're sold out by contacting Gaye Hobbs at
Hobbs and Associates
Pty Ltd on (07) 4168-5999 or
by
emailing her.
Photo above: Master of Wine Peter Scudamore-Smith and Sheree Strauss
from Kingaroy Catering will be presenting the Sample The South Burnett wine
and food dinner right in the heart of the 2012 Festival. The dinner will
be for 50 people only.
Note: All tickets to this event were completely
sold out by Wednesday 22-Feb-12. If you're one of our 50 special
guests your tickets will be arriving in the mail within the next few days.
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