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Aussie Wine Month City Cellar Door 2014

Aussie Wine Month pre-launched for 2014 with City Cellar Door, presented by Wine Australia at Australia Square.

Aussie Wine Month City Cellar Door 2014
Aussie Wine Month City Cellar Door

Returning for the third successful year, the month long-event puts a focus on the diversity, quality and value of Australian wines with a host of exciting events around the country.

Aussie Wine Month City Cellar Door 2014
Some of the Wines on Taste

The pre-launch was a casual event running from 12.00 pm to 8.00pm offering guests and passers-by the opportunity to taste a variety of fine Australian wines before the official launch in May.

Aussie Wine Month City Cellar Door 2014
Australian Seafood

Australian seafood was also on taste, with Petuna Smoked Salmon and a vertical tasting of prawns starting with banana prawns from Northern Prawn Fishery, king prawns from Spencer Gulf, Endeavour Prawns from Northern Queensland and farmed Aussie Tiger Prawns.

Aussie Wine Month City Cellar Door 2014
King Island Dairy Cheese

King Island Dairy Cheese was also on taste with Double Brie, Surprise Bay Cheddar and the Roaring Forties Blue.

Aussie Wine Month City Cellar Door 2014
Aussie Wine Month

Aussie Wine Unearthed, the official launch event for Aussie Wine Month will be held in conjunction with Dan Murphy’s, with sixteen of Australia’s best wine regions showcasing their wines on the evening. You can chat with a winemaker or sommelier, sample delicious local produce, and try your hand at food and wine matching. The launch will be held on Thursday, 1 May, 6-9pm at Ivy Ballroom, 330 George St, Sydney. Tickets cost $40 and can be purchased from www.merivale.com

Aussie Wine Month City Cellar Door was held on Tuesday 9 April 2014 at Australia Square.

About the author

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.