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Wine Island Festival at Clark Island

The inaugural Wine Island festival is coming to Clark Island in Sydney Harbour this November.

Wine Island Festival at Clark Island

Running from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November, the three-day festival will feature some of Australia’s most exciting winemakers, sommeliers and chefs. You’ll find food and wine through cellar door experiences, gourmet food huts, VIP Island Bar and complimentary master classes hosted by Wine Australia.
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The VIP Island Bar will be hosted by wine writer and Wine Island sommelier, Samantha Payne along with Rebecca Lines from Bar H, Gabrielle Webster from Love Tilly Devine, Chris Morrison from Keystone Hospitality Group and James Audas from the soon to be opened Silvereye Restaurant.

Gourmet food huts include Bar H, Applejack Hospitality Group (The Butler, Bondi Hardware, SoCal, The Botanist), Oysters Unplugged, Huon Aquaculture and The Hunter Valley Cheese Factory.

Two ticket packages are on offer, GA ($79.90) and VIP ($149.90). Both include return transfer to Circular Quay, Kirribilli or Rose Bay, with a glass of sparkling on board, as well as up to 10 wine tastings and glassware sponsored by Koonara Wines. VIP packages allow ticketholders access to the VIP Island Bar, which includes complimentary seafood and cheese bar, private sommelier service pouring the islands premium wines and unlimited tastings. Additional tokens will also be available to purchase on the island for GA ticket holders.

Tickets will go on sale through Wine Island’s website www.wineisland.com.au from 1 September 2015.

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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.