Food! FERMENT! Wine!
The match made in HEAVEN just got CHEESIER!

Here’s what we have in store for you this year

Australia’s most amazing cheesemakers

South Australia’s finest winemakers

Fermentation masterminds

Australia’s most innovative food producers

Our local award-winning brewers and distillers

With exclusive access to dozens of different local foods and beverages all in the picturesque Rymill Park – just a cheddar roll from Adelaide CBD – CheeseFest is a festival for all!

Whether you’re a die hard foodie, a craft beer fanatic, a home fermenter, Australia’s top wino or you simply want to have a picnic and enjoy the live music with your friends and family, CheeseFest is the place to be.

There are a wide variety of events on offer over the weekend including:

Over ONE HUNDRED food and beverage stalls featuring SA (and Australia’s) best and brightest cheese, food and beverage producers with fresh, local produce int he picturesque Rymill Park

Free Cooking Demos and Masterclasses from renowned Chefs and Fermenters

Guided tastings from some of the top cheesemakers, brewers, distillers and vintners in the business

Oh, and TWO G&T bars, if you just want to wet your whistle

Stroll on over to our French, Italian, and Spanish Quarters (The best European cheeses and wines, without the jetlag!)

Tarts, Toasties, and Tea for those who feel like relaxing

Family Picnic Area for the kids

Master of Fromage!

Last year we were blessed with the AMAZING Matt Preston as our Cheese Master – our Master of Fromage. Who will it be this year? Will Matt reprise his role? Keep an eye out to find out!

When is it?

Saturday October 27 – 11:00am to 8:00pm (last drinks 7:30pm)

Sunday October 28 – 11:00am to 5:00pm (last drinks 4:30pm)

Pricing Info:
EARLY Early Bird Offer: $20 – Saturday June 1st and Sunday June 2nd ONLY.

Early Bird Offer: $25 (EXPIRES 25/10/19 11:59pm)

Online Tickets Saturday/Sunday – $30

Online Ticket Weekend Pass – $40

Adult Tickets at the Gate – $30 – (Should have bought my tickets online!)

Concession Tickets at the Gate – $25 (Only available at the gate, Concession card required)

Kids 12 and under – FREE! – (We want to teach you about good food, fermentation and REAL CHEESE! Must be accompanied with an adult)

Carers – FREE! – (with valid carers card)

*NOTE* – Limited tickets are available at the gate – they sell quickly!

THE GREAT WINE VOYAGE

11.00 am Saturday 26th Oct – Great Wine Voyage

EXCLUSIVE ONCE OFF EVENT!
A way to explore the globe without the jet-lag
A tasting journey around the East End of Adelaide. Showcasing 8 wine capitals of the world with their Australian counterparts. Matched grazing boards featuring award winning Australian Cheese and produce to keep you fueled on the journey – leave the compression socks at home for this one.

EAST END CELLARS MASTERCLASSES
*NOTE: All masterclasses are a 90 minute guided tasting of wines, cheese and food.

*MASTERCLASS TICKETS INCLUDES ENTRY TO THE FESTIVAL – BRING YOUR TICKET TO THE TICKET BOOTH FOR ENTRY*

12.30 pm Sat 26th Oct – Sparkling Wines of The World
In search of Fizz!! Exploring the fun and frivolous sparkling wines of the world. A taste across France, Europe, and Australia too!

2.30 pm Sat 26th Oct – Coast to Rhone
From the coast to the hills – a tasting tour from the South of France to the Hills of the Rhone. An introduction to the wines of Languedoc, Provence, Rhone, and the Island of Corsica.

4.30 pm Sat 26th Oct – A trip to Priorat, Garnatxa (Grenache) capital of the world!
Come on a road trip with The Spanish Acquisition. We roll like this …
Fly into el Prats, Barcelona airport. Grab an Audi. Take off South along the Penedes coastline. Half an hour out, we’ll refresh with a brilliant Penedes sparkling. We’ll take a turn through the chalk slopes of Terra Alta and gather a brilliant fresh-but-textured Garnatxa Blanca. Then the thrills begin in earnest. We drive up over the Montsant range and down into a lost world, the Priorat valley.

6.30 pm Sat 26th Oct – Ciao Bella!
Italy’s most nobel wine state – Pidemont – a taste across the hills and the valleys – from bubbles to Barolo!

11am Sun 27th Oct – The Wines of Germany
Achtung! Germany makes more than just the world’s most sought after Riesling – let us introduce you to the other great wines of Deutchland

1.00 pm Sun 27th Oct The World Tour
A comprehensive tasting of wines from the new and old World of wine. Crossing Europe, Australia, The Americas and more!

3:00pm Sun 27th Oct – The Great South Australian Wine Tour
A South Australian expedition – Exploring the unique wine regions from the country’s most productive wine state. Adelaide Hills to The Coonawarra, Mclaren Vale to the Barossa – wines that makes South Australia the best.

Transport Info:

The New O-Bahn drops you directly at our door, as does the new Tram system on North Terrace!

There is public parking available off Rundle St, North Terrace, Bartels Rd and Flinders St – All a few minutes walk from Rymill Park.

Any Questions?

Get in touch! You can email us at ferment@fermentthefestival.com.au or get in touch via Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CheeseFestAustralia/ AND https://www.facebook.com/fermentthefestival/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CheeseFest_FERMENT/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_FERMENT_

Website: https://cheesefest.com.au

Get ready for a weekend of Food, FERMENT and Wine!

THE CHEESEFEST AUSTRALIA TEAM

It’s that time of year again to whip on your favourite outfit, enjoy Champagne, delicious food, runways, live races, music and so much more at our annual Melbourne Cup event!!

You will enjoy a 4-hour package full of:
Delicious delicacies by Simon Bryant, East End Cellars & Mothervine.
Premium wines including Pol Roger on arrival.
Beers from Hawkers Beer
Runway fashion from One Rundle Trading Co & MJ Bale.
Prize for best-dressed male and female.
Live screening of all the race-day action.
On-site bookie.
All-day music by DJ JD.

We will have our own horse at Melbourne Cup who measures just under 70cm and weighs 65kg. Little Miss Moet from Horses Healing Hearts, Nolton Park will show her skills on the runway and at the photobooth. You may even receive a kiss from her if you wish!!
Miss Moet is attending our Melb Cup event to help raise money so we can send her to palliative care wards and nursing homes.

Tuesday 5th November 2019

Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Vardon Avenue
Price: $195.00 per person

Table size: 2 guests – 10 guests

To book a table:
All tickets are pre-sold + table bookings require 1x full payment. Please nominate a table captain to arrange guest details and payment.

If you wish to book a table, please call Lizzy on 8232 5300.

Discover a local Winemaker every Thursday night at Bistro Blackwood

In a dining experience unlike any other, each week Bistro Blackwood invites a boutique winery to take over their restaurant floor as they introduce diners to their range, in an intimate and atmospheric evening.

Previous Winemaker Waiter sessions have seen the likes of Chester Osborn from d’Arenberg, Tom Shobbrook of Shobbrook Wines, Gareth Belton of Gentle Folk, Brendon Keys of BK Wines & Charlotte Hardy of Charlotte Dalton Wines.

To see who is in residence this week, head to the Bistro Blackwood Facebook page

Discover a local Winemaker every Thursday night at Bistro Blackwood

In a dining experience unlike any other, each week Bistro Blackwood invites a boutique winery to take over their restaurant floor as they introduce diners to their range, in an intimate and atmospheric evening.

Previous Winemaker Waiter sessions have seen the likes of Chester Osborn from d’Arenberg, Tom Shobbrook of Shobbrook Wines, Gareth Belton of Gentle Folk, Brendon Keys of BK Wines & Charlotte Hardy of Charlotte Dalton Wines.

To see who is in residence this week, head to the Bistro Blackwood Facebook page