Gauchito Gil's Malbec World Day 2016

Overview

Gauchito Gil is Argentina's Robin Hood. As such, it seems fitting that Australia's own Malbec World Day has been borrowed from the South American country, where the majority of the world's malbec comes from. If this day is a donation from the grape god, it's one we're happy to accept.

After a successful three years, Gauchito Gil is once again bringing Malbec World Day to Melbourne with a five-hour wine bonanza at North Melbourne's Meat Market on Sunday, April 17. The event comes from the organisers of the Pinot Palooza and Game of Rhones, and mirrors the free-reign tasting set up. Your $50 ticket will include a wine glass, and from there you'll be able to move around, sampling over 80 Australian and Argentine Malbec varietals. Other events have been known to get a little boozy, so to soak up all that wine there will be top-notch empanadas from Piqueos, The Mill House, El Alamo, Gertrude Street Enoteca and Sydney's Porteño — all vying for the prestigious Golden Empanada award.

It really doesn't matter if you know everything there is about malbec or if you don't know much at all, because Malbec World Day is about education and celebration of the Argentine grape. And what better way to celebrate than with an bottomless glass of wine?