Bridge Road Brewers' Spring Tasting in the City

Overview

Your everyday wine drinker probably knows popular Victorian wine regions like the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula and Rutherglen — but what about Beechworth?

Few folks know that this part of the state has a stack of stellar wine producers, and the crew at Bridge Road Brewers is keen to change that by holding a massive one-off wine tasting at its brewery bar in Brunswick East. 

From 2–5pm on Saturday, November 30, vignerons from across the region will spend the afternoon pouring tastings of their own drops to curious wine lovers. Who's going to be there? You can expect to find a selection of wines from A.Rodda, Baarmutha, Castagna, Fighting Gully Road, Granjoux, Indigo Vineyard, Juliard, Little Frances, Sentiõ, Schmölzer & Brown, and Willem Kur. 

It's a truly stacked lineup of Beechworth winemakers, many of which don't have their own cellar door. That means this is your only chance to sample drops from a bunch of these folks. 

Tickets to spring Tasting in the City are going for $65 per person, and include all your tastings as well as a bunch of snacks. And if you rock up the night before, on Friday, November 29, you can join the team's Beechworth Wine Pairing Dinner — $150 for six shared dishes and six paired wines.

Both of these events offer up a brilliant opportunity to explore a lesser-known Victorian wine region without leaving Melbourne.