Healesville Fireside Festival

Overview

Grab your fluffy knit jumpers and a designated driver, because Four Pillars is launching the inaugural Bloody Winter Gin Fest. The name is a nod to Four Pillars' new Bloody Pinot Noir Gin, but also a comment on Melbourne's trademark winter weather: grey, raining, grey, chance of rain, grey.

The festival calendar is pretty stacked with events, including a film festival and delicious gin-fuelled feasts. But one thing that did catch our eye is the Healesville Fireside Festival — a festival within a festival — that's running on July 8, 15 and 22.

This is your chance to join the team from Payton & Jones and Four Pillars at the Healesville Distillery for a personal cocktail masterclass. Learn how to make all your winter favourites: a hot negroni, hot gin toddy and mulled wine, all around a cosy firepit, with matching snacks to boot. Sounds bloody delicious.

You can check out the full festival program on the Four Pillars website. Tickets to the Fireside Festival will set you back $105 per person. The Bloody Winter Gin Festival is technically running in NSW and Queensland too, but Melbourne hasn't been left out in the cold. There are midwinter gin pop-ups running throughout the city, so keep your eyes peeled.

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