Food and Wine Events Melbourne and Victoria – March 2015

Welcome to my round-up of food and wine events happening in Victoria in March. There is just so much happening this month, it’s easy to be overwhelmed. So I have sifted through the offerings and come up with a little list of favourites.

First up, the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival begins on the 27th February (check out some of my February highlights if you missed them). This is possibly one of the biggest Food and Wine Festivals in Australia (maybe the world). There is so much to see and do and eat and drink over two and a half weeks.

A few of my picks this year are:

Highway 1 Street Party- This is not cheap ($120 a ticket) but so worth it. Basically it is a super upmarket street festival with wine from some of Australia’s most amazing wineries (Mount Mary, Bindi, Jamsheed- you get the idea) and food by some superb chefs. Think of me at home studying 🙁

Crawl and Bite– You’ve heard of a pub-crawl, well this is the classy version. A three course meal spread across three restaurants for a really affordable price. A brilliant way to try out some new places or revisit favourites.

The Essentials sessions sound brilliant. An opportunity to learn the art of a range of different cooking styles from an expert in the field- from cheese to sushi.

Flemington Grazing Trail and Cellar Door – Admission is affordable ($25) with the opportunity to sample a range of excellent wines and food from Victorian producers.

Think, Eat, Talk, Grow – learn about growing food and how to cook it whilst participating in discussions on sustainability. There’s something for everyone and daytime admission is free. It would be worth staying for the cocktail party at night too.

Morning Tea with Alice. Yes, from Wonderland. Need I say more?

Pick & Eat: Edible Trees – I am a complete sucker for edible flowers so a tour and nibble of the gardens at the Heide Museum of Modern Art sounds a bit magical. Followed by lunch with wine from Yering Station. Do be checking out the gallery while you are there too.

Game of Clones – one for the wine nerds. A dinner with matched wines with a difference. This is an opportunity to taste and begin to understand clonal variation. If I’ve completely lost you, don’t worry, this is serious wine-nerdery (but such an amazing idea).

For some out-of-Melbourne adventures don’t miss:

Tastes of Rutherglen is on the 7th and 8th of March. A superbly organised food and wine festival with hop on/hop off buses that tour the region (and take all your wine back to the visitors centre for you). Accommodation books out quickly though so I’d probably jump in pretty soon if you haven’t already.

Peninsula Picnic – on the 29th March. I had my first ever trip to the Mornington Peninsula earlier this month (post coming) and absolutely fell in love with it. Chill out, eat food from amazing local and Melbourne-based chefs, drink local wine and listen to fantastic live acts (I <3 Paul Dempsey). If you are planning to stay (so you can try ALL the wine), I would probably get onto booking accommodation real soon.

 What have I missed? What are you looking forward to in March?