Each two years, since 2003, the wine world meets in Australia to rejoice one of many world’s most cherished and characterful varieties: Pinot Noir. After an prolonged interruption imposed by the pandemic, the Pinot Noir Celebration Australia is again in February 2023 for a weekend of insightful exploration and joyous discovery.
The 2-day occasion will function greater than 150 Pinot Noir wines, from Australia and past, providing a novel overview of the variability’s attract, character, class and terroir expressiveness. It’s going to additionally showcase various viticultural and winemaking approaches, fostering an understanding of the variability as an impressive automobile of time, place and character.
Martin Spedding, Chair of Pinot Noir Celebration Australia, mentioned the occasion represents the depth and breadth of considering on Australian Pinot Noir and focuses on the innovation growing in vineyards and wineries throughout Australia. ‘We’re thrilled to be internet hosting this fastidiously curated program, celebrating Pinot Noir from throughout Australia,’ Spedding mentioned. ‘We will likely be taking a look at how producers are adapting and innovating in response to modifications in our local weather, know-how and client attitudes, and implementing new sustainable practices to be higher stewards of our land.’
A gathering of minds
A program of talks, displays and conferences, hosted by famend wine author and writer Max Allen, will discover these themes in depth, bringing in analysis and views from all over the world.
One of many headline periods will likely be ‘Difficult our Philosophy’ introduced by Allen with contributions from Carolyn Miller, promoting professional and ABC’s Gruen present common, and Elaine Chukan Brown, famend thinker, wine author and Unangan-Sugpiaq and Inupiaq lady from Alaska. This opening session will mirror on the philosophical values of Pinot Noir and on what drives cultural adventures by way of wine.
General, this system will focus closely on climatology and sustainability, exploring the connection of wine with the pure atmosphere and the challenges, current and future, confronted by viticulturalists and winegrowers the world over. Chukan Brown will even curate a particular section devoted to indigenous views of place and custodianship.
Discovery and celebration
Alongside this intense and insightful plunge into probably the most topical points round Pinot Noir cultivation, vinification and appreciation, the Pinot Noir Celebration Australia will, staying true to its identify, provide a number of alternatives to benefit from the many wines on present and community with fellow attendees. The occasion’s two dinners, on Friday and Saturday, would be the highlights of this gathering that celebrates, above all, the enjoyment of sharing wine.
‘The weekend features a wholesome dose of celebration, as we style by way of a surprising line-up of Pinot Noir wine, every with their very own tales to inform,” mentioned Spedding.
Pinot Noir Celebration Australia 2023
Will happen on February 10 and 11 on the Mornington Peninsula
Discover the complete program and ebook your tickets*
www.pinotcelebration.com.au
*Tickets to the Pinot Noir Celebration go on sale on Monday, 3 October and are absolutely inclusive of the two-day program, all occasion wines, lunch, dinner and extra catering over the 2 days.
The occasion is sponsored, curated, and delivered by the members of Mornington Peninsula Wine together with Wine Australia and Australia’s main Pinot Noir areas, together with the Adelaide Hills, Yarra Valley, Gippsland, Geelong, the Macedon Ranges and Tasmania.
The occasion can be sponsored and supported by International Victoria and Wine Victoria