Mudgee Food and Wine Festival 2015

Overview

If you've yet to explore Mudgee's 40 or so wineries, September is the time to do it. On the 12th, the 10,000-strong country town launches into its 37th food and wine festival. For four delicious, autumnal weeks, there'll be wine schools, bubbly breakfasts, cocktail parties, tours, street festivals, farmers' markets and decadent chocolate morning teas.

Every Saturday will see a major event, definitely worth escaping Sydney for. Head up on September 12 for Go Tasting at The Stables, where you'll be able to sample the more than 130 entries into the 2015 Mudgee Wine Show.

Then on September 19, Mudgee Racecourse will host Go Grazing, an epic food and wine experience, during which local wineries in collaboration with local producers present you with two courses matched with wines — and you vote on who's doing the best job. And on September 26, the town will turn itself over to Flavours of Mudgee, a free street festival, offering wine tasting and local produce, accompanied by local music and local artists in motion.