La Dolce Vita Festival

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Posted 2024-10-24 by Jen ⇒ follow

Fri 15 Nov 2024 - Sun 17 Nov 2024

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The La Dolce Vita Food and Wine Festival will be held on the weekend of the 16th and 17th November 2024 from 11am to 4pm AEDT - however, there's the Friday Night; 15th Nov 5-9pm event at Dal Zotto Wines only. It's the Prosecco Nights Launch Party at 4861 Wangaratta-Whitfield Road, Whitfield. Your La Dolce Vita ticket (purchase via the given link - kids are free and do not require a ticket) gives you festival-wide access to all participating wineries ( 9 wineries) for the whole weekend, and it also covers the Prosecco Nights party. The Fresians will be on the stage playing the best live music to get you up and dancing, and the bar opens from 4pm so head in early, collect your festival wristband and glass, and start celebrating on the Friday!

You can look forward to delicious cicchetti, wood-fired pizza, pasta, DZ wines, beers and cocktails, which will be on offer from 4pm, then from 6pm tuck into Otto’s Famous Porchetta Rolls. As one of the 9 wineries participating in the festival, the good times continue at Dal Zotto through to the weekend from 10am to 5pm. Enjoy live music on both Saturday and Sunday from Scott and Amanda, who will play all the greatest hits. Plus there are activities galore for the whole family with face painting, lawn games, and a jumping castle for the kids, as well as wine tastings and ‘Paint + Prosecco’ sessions for the adults. Email [email protected] to book your 'Paint + Prosecco' session. For full details at Dal Zotto, see here .

Wines of the King Valley's La Dolce Vita Food and Wine Festival's participating wineries are as follows. As aforementioned, your ticket covers access to the wineries, but you'll have to buy tickets from the wineries if you want to participate in events each winery may be holding. If you want to travel on the buses, that needs booking ahead as well, and some wineries have strict bus policies eg. strictly by appointment only. For full details of events at each winery, see the website . To make the most of the weekend, why not stay for the whole weekend? It's the only way you'll be able to truly immerse yourself in the festival, and have time to visit all or most of the wineries. For accommodation options, see here .

Sambar Hills , 1150 Upper King River Rd, Cheshunt South - The Bin Chickens are back. Currently refining options with more details closer to the event date, so keep an eye on social media via the given links.

Politini Wines , 65 Upper King River Road, Cheshunt - A day of a memorable taste of Sicily. Sample exquisite wines and savour delicious food while soaking in the live entertainment. Sicilian favourites will be available for lunch both days from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

Pizzini Wines , 175 King Valley Rd, Whitfield, King Valley - Family fun, feasting, wine tastings, and dancing at Gnocchi Carnevale. Live music, kids' fun activities (kite making, giant games etc), and wine masterclasses

Dal Zotto Wines , 4861 Wangaratta-Whitfield Road, Whitfield - Event details as per first two paragraphs above.

Darling Estate Wines , 94 Whitty Lane, Whitfield - The first Sangiovese, a 2023 vintage will be launched. For food, you have rolled goat's cheese, polenta chips and Koombahla sausages. They're Italian-style pork sausages – housemade and served with caramelised onion, roquette and local chutney or dijionaise on a crusty bread roll. There are suggested wine pairings on the website

La Cantina King Valley , 54 Honeys Lane, King Valley - a Tuscan style cellar door; entertainment by Bruno Spiller on the piano accordion from 11.30am over the weekend, and a market brimming with homemade products, homemade Italian food, and local produce.

King River Estate , Wangaratta-Whitefield Road, Edi - Enjoy live entertainment, new release Prosecco, tastings, pizza by Wood Fired Desire, and the King Valley BBQ smoker will be churning out brisket rolls, smoked pulled pork, party wings, loaded nachos and more. Plus there's house-made ice-cream and sorbets.

John Gehrig Wines , 80 Gehrig's Lane, Oxley - A kids' corner of games, new release wine, a lunch menu of grazing platters, a variety of arancini and more. For the sweet tooth, a macaron and wine matching platter experience for $20.

Brown Brothers Winery , 239 Milawa Bobinawarrah Rd, Milawa - 10am to 5pm Saturday and 10am to 6pm Sunday. Saturday live acoustic sets and Sunday DJ John Course spinning the decks. There'll be Patricia Masterclasses (Saturday only at 11am, 1pm and 3pm) in the Family cellar. At $35pp, bookings are essential for this intimate experience with limited capacity. The Sunday Session also requires a ticket ($18.01) . It's going to be a day of music, food and wine, with an all-day grazing menu.

Stay in touch via the given links and the Facebook page of Wines of the King Valley for updates.