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The Hunter Valley Harvest Festival, Sydney is one of the greatest festivals in the Hunter Valley. The Hunter is one of Australia's most popular and historically important wine regions. It is the premium wine region of New South Wales. Wine goes well with festivities, so it's understood that wine growing regions are great party places. Concerts, fairs and festivals fill the Hunter's calendar of events and are greeted both by the locals and the visitors. The Hunter Valley Harvest Festival in April celebrates the end of the heaviest work. The region's wine show is held in August, and the many small winemakers have their own show in October which is also the time for jazz concerts and opera recitals in the vineyards. About Hunter Valley The Hunter Valley extends to160 kilometers inland from Newcastle. This region is Australia's foremost winegrowing regions, celebrated for the quality of its wines. There are dozens of wineries big and small, spread all over the region. The Hunter is the oldest, and one of the best known wine-producing regions in Australia. The 85 plus wineries are noted for rich full-bodied wines. As you travel around the area, you will feel like you are driving through someone's cellar, as names such as Tyrrells, Wyndham Estate, Scarborough, Tamburlaine, and Lindemans, McGuigan Bros, Rothbury Estate or Rosemount Estate keep popping up. You can also taste wine from the various wineries. Some wineries even have restaurants attached to it. The Hunter Valley is famous for its Semillon and Shiraz which is the regions leading red variety. Other varieties include:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Shiraz
Chardonnay
Riesling
Sauvignon Blanc About Hunter Valley Harvest Festival The Hunter Valley Harvest Festival, Sydney is celebrated during April which is the end of the wine season. But there is no particular date for the festival. This is the time of the season to relax and have fun and enjoyment. The Hunter Valley Harvest Festival combines individual events to make the month of April a prolonged month of celebration. The Hunter Valley Harvest Festival program of events generally include Italian Feasts, Festivals of Wine, Olives and Cheese, Country Race meetings and Food and Wine matching seminars and events. Many events have free entry. It is during this time of the year when the wineries in the outstanding Hunter Valley region welcome visitors and locals to share a glass of the produce during this month-long event. Infact, visitors and locals together share and enjoy this festival. Events and attractions include tours of the wineries and wine tasting sessions, food events or partaking of a Harvest lunch or dinner, live music and other entertainment. You will also find olives, chocolate and beer besides wine. The Hunter Valley Harvest Festival draws visitors from round the world. You will find the venue thick with crowd. But if you visit this pompous festival once, you will surely feel coming here the next time also.
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