Into The Vines: Taste of Origin

Overview

Wine tasting just turned fierce with Into The Vines' upcoming event 'Taste of Origin' — a cheeky nod to State of Origin. This Aussie winetasting showdown features six nationwide emerging producers. In the courtyard,  spectators sip top-tier exciting (and elusive) small-batch releases while they chat to the people who made them. But the second floor is where things really heat up.

Upstairs, grab a front-row seat to the tasting ring. Sommelier and founder of Carlton Wine Room, Jay Bessell, will go up against wine writer and judge, Jane Faulkner. The two will taste, assess, and argue over their pick of the six wines. The audience tastes along while munching on pub snacks from The Rochey, and the winner is decided through a People's Choice vote. Tickets for the masterclass cost slightly more, but you get to see how the experts do it.

The list of winemakers includes: Werkstatt Wines (Victoria), a practice run by Young Gun of Wine Best New Act winner Bridget Mac; Knucklehead Wines (QLD), where Young Gun of Wine finalist Kyle Goodwin produces adventurous minimal-intervention wine; Intrepidus Wines (NSW), Chrissie Smith's one-acre vineyard in Canberra, specialising in small-scale production; Forage Supply Co (SA), a socially-conscious vineyard from former AFL player Justin Westhoff and his best mate Scotty Rogasch; YEAH Wines (WA), a family-owned winery in Margaret River that focuses on single-vineyard wines and Tasmania's Peco Wines, specialising in wild-fermented from the Tamar Valley.