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 2010
Festival. You can sample some of the earliest releases of their 2009 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 2010 Festival are:
Apart from great wines, this year - for the eighth year
running - the South Burnett Wine & Food In The Park Festival will also
play host to the enormously popular
PCA South Burnett Regional Cuisine Cook-Offs.
This year, top Brisbane chef
David Pugh (
from Restaurant Two,
pictured at right) along with
two hand-picked colleagues will
be providing a full day of dazzling cooking demonstrations in the giant PCA
tent, demonstrating how you can turn South Burnett foods (including peanuts!)
into spectacular dishes, as well as sharing many "tricks of the trade".
David was chosen as the Courier-Mail's Chef Of The Year in 2008 and
dazzled crowds when he appeared at the 2009 Cook-Offs. So the
Peanut Company Of
Australia have invited him back for more!
This year David was awarded 2 stars by Gourmet Traveller and also
chosen as Queensland Chef 2009-2010 by an independent panel made up
of seven respected and knowledgeable members of Queensland's food industry
including Fiona Donnelly (Courier Mail), Babak Hadi (Black Pearl Epicure),
John MacDonald (Palatable Partners), Elaine Millar (Elaine Millar &
Associates), Terry Nolan (Nolan Meats), Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi (Ballandean
Estate Wines) and James Visser (Restaurant and Catering Queensland).
David will be leading the cook-off team and sharing many of his most
closely-guarded culinary secrets during the course of the day. So if you
love learning how to cook and prepare fine food, make sure you drop
into the PCA Tent at any time between 11:00am and 4:00pm on
Festival day. As always, admission is completely free!
Over the last few years many Festival fans have asked
us if we have any
permanent keepsakes of Wine & Food In The Park
that they could take home (
Why? Because the wine never seems to last very
long, for some reason...).
So this year - for the
very first time - we've arranged some
official Wine & Food In The Park merchandise and it'll be available
from a special Festival stand inside the
Giant Wine Tent.
Our merchandise range includes T-shirts, bucket hats, single
bottle wine coolers and flashing wine glasses (all branded with
the Wine & Food In The Park logo). You'll also be able to get
sunscreen and bottled fresh water from the merchandise stand
too.
And because we want you to think well of Wine & Food In The Park, we've
focussed on getting top quality items for our range at prices that
are as low as we can make them.
You can see our 2010 price list below:
-
600ml bottled water - $2.00
-
Sunscreen sachets - $2.00
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Flashing wine glasses - $8.00
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Single bottle wine coolers - $15.00
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Bucket hats - $15.00
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T-Shirts - $20.00
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T-shirt and bucket hat set - $30.00
PS: These are first-release products and could well become valuable
collector's items in future years (because we intend to change our range
from one year to the next). But we only have small quantities of each
one available. So get in quick if you want a unique piece of
Wine & Food In The Park to call your very own!
This year Wine & Food In The Park will also be unveiling
a special
new treat for dedicated foodies in conjunction with Sheree Strauss from
Kingaroy Caterers, Bronywn
Bisley from
Taste South Burnett and
well known chef Mike Giles: a unique, completely live
South Burnett Food
Producers Tent where you can watch South Burnett chefs prepare mouth-watering
treats made from local foods right before your eyes - and then buy them!
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