Welcome to the Harvest Celebration in Beechworth
Cheers! To you, Cheers to us and CHEERS to all those hard working and passionate farmers, wine makers, cheese makers, jam creators, bakers, cooks, chestnut olive and apple growers, chocolate artists and all those who make North East Victoria a truly magnificent and bountiful region rich with local food and wine.
It is rare in todays fast paced multi national world to get an insight into the passion that drives those of us who are stirred so greatly by their trade, that they dedicate their lives to it. The Harvest Celebration in Beechworth can only be described as a kaleidoscope of hard working and dedicated food and wine lovers who proudly showcase their magnificent wares.
Stephanie Alexander will add her green thumb, eat well approach to the event as the guest speaker of the Opening Gala Dinner on Friday 14 May at the Beechworth Memorial Hall. With a 4 course menu of local fare prepared by renowned Chef Michel Renoux and matched with an array of local wines and beers, the Dinner will be an apt curtain raiser to this spectacular two day event!
Held under enormous Marquees (Mother nature can throw a chill in the air on an Autumnal Beechworth day), over 60 local exhibitors spread their range so you can hop, sip, and taste your way through the day, trying and buying all things gloriously fresh and local.
The two day market exudes a richness and romance with Roasting chestnuts, warm glasses of gluvein, pungent blue vein cheeses, fresh breads and pies, roasted coffee, native plants, organic skin care, Autumn leaves all over the ground and an overwhelming sense of occasion that its hard not to feel the contagious relief that harvest is over for another year and its now time to bunker down for Winter and enjoy the fruits of our labour.
Harvest excursions are available on both Saturday and Sunday giving behind the scenes views to some of the regions best know and loved business's: Pennyweight wines, Sorrenberg Vineyard, Amulet vineyard, Beechworth Bakery, Beechworth Honey and Bridge Road Brewers
Many of the local restaurants add their weight behind supporing the event with Harvest Lunches and Dinner – many in conjunction with local wines and beers.
All under cover so what ever the weather why not join us in raising our glasses to another year of hard word and bountiful harvest!