The Winter Warm Up is Auckland's largest pop up cellar door event and the new dedicated wine event of Restaurant month in the BIG little City.
The newly renovated Victoria Park Market has excellent weather protection with the stunning new glass awnings. A great day out for wine lovers, the event will go ahead rain or shine.
This is a unique opportunity for wine lovers and buyers to meet some of New Zealand's best winemakers, sample their most exciting and interesting wines, and share in some behind the scenes insights (and maybe a secret or two!).
Sample and learn about exclusive wines and vintages, with the opportunity to purchase bottles and cases of wine not otherwise readily available.
Included is a schedule of talks by wine makers and experts sharing secrets about their favourite wines and an insider's view of the wine industry, special events and wine matched menus from the Victoria Park Market restaurants and cafes, plus entertainment including George FM broadcasting live.
To accompany the delicious wine line-up, Silver Fern Farms will be on site with a gourmet BBQ sampling some of New Zealand's finest beef and lamb.
The Boutique Wine Showcase includes:
Akarua
Whitehaven
Margrain Vineyard
Alexander Vineyard
Giesin Wines
Gladstone Vineyard
Isabel Vineyard
Kina Beach Vineyard
Lone Goat Vineyard
Lynfer Estate
Milcrest Estate
Nautilus Estate
Palliser Estate
No 1 Family Estate
Sherwood Estate Wines
Spade Oak Vineyard
Villa Maria
Esk Valley
Te Awa
Vidal
Ceres Wines
Batch Winery
Cable Bay
Goldie Wines
The Hay Paddock
Man O' War
Miro
Mudbrick
Obsidian
Passage Rock
Peacock Sky
Poderi Crisci
SOHO
Foxes Island
Wine Secrets Schedule (seminar series):
| SATURDAY | Presenter | Tasting / Talk | | 12.00pm | Dave Roper, Villa Maria Winemaker | The Secrets of the Gimblett Gravels and its world class Syrah and Merlot Cabernet blends. |
| 1.30pm | Clive Jones, Nautilus Estate Winemaker | The secrets to making different varieties. |
| 3.00pm | Jo Burzynska, NZ Herald Viva Wine Columnist | The Secrets of up and coming and lesser known grape varieties. |
| 4.30pm | Simon Fell, Villa Maria Winemaker | Bouquet and taste, the Secrets to blind tasting. |
| SUNDAY | Presenter | Tasting / Talk | | 12.00pm | Clive Jones, Nautilus Estate Winemaker | The secrets to making different varieties. |
| 1.30pm | John Belsham, Foxes Island Winemaker | The forgotten Secrets of sourcing wines to cellar. |
| 3.00pm | Steve Voysey, Spade Oak Vineyard | Try something New - 4 exciting varietals & blends |
| 4.30pm | Olly Masters, Misha Vineyard Winemaker & Chris Canning, The Hay Paddock Winemaker, adjudicated by Piers Hazard, Sommelier of Botswana Butchery | Battle of the Reds, Otago vs. Waiheke. |
Earlybird Tickets are strictly limited and include a glass and your first 6 tastings.
Note, this is an R18 event.
Satellite Restaurant Events include:
Made to Match at La Zeppa 17 August 2.30pm.
Join the lion Beer Ambassador on a food and beer matching adventure.
$47.50 including 5 beer and food matches.
Nautilus Estate at Libertine 17 August 2.30pm.
Join Nautilus Estate Winemaker Clive Jones in a tasting of some of his award winning wines matched with tasty morsels from the Libertine kitchen.
$45 including 5 wine and food matches
iVillage Degustation Tasting with Villa Maria 17 & 18 August 1.00pm.
iVillage and Villa Maria have come up with a degustation tasting lunch matching four delicious tapas-size Indian dishes with wines from the Villa Maria collection.
$25 including 4 wine and food matches. Book by phoning iVillage on 09 309 4009.
Click here to view all the Restaurant Month 2013 events.
Restaurant Month in the BIG little City is proudly sponsored by American Express
www.americanexpress.com/newzealand
The event organisers, Lemongrass Productions would also like to thank the official suppliers of Restaurant Month: Silver Fern Farms, Nautilus Estate and Villa Maria.
