Heritage, landscapes and edgy wines combine on the new Bathurst Wine Explorer

MEDIA RELEASE 26 May 2021

Beautiful rural scenery and rich cultural heritage will form the perfect background for a new monthly tour exploring the wineries of the Bathurst region beginning on Saturday 19 June.

The ‘Bathurst Wine Explorer’ will depart from the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre and will visit three of the region’s wineries for tastings. A special highlight of the day being a two-course lunch with paired wines at historic Abercrombie House and a talk from a featured vigneron as well as a tour of the 1870s 50-room Scottish baronial mansion included.

The tour will run on the third Saturday of every month with a rotating program of vineyards visited. The initiative is a result of close collaboration between the Bathurst Region Vignerons Association, Abercrombie House, Bathurst Tours and the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre.

Mayor Bobby Bourke said the tour was an important addition to the range of experiences available in the Bathurst region.

“The ‘Wine Explorer’ is a fantastic opportunity not just to sample the fantastic cool climate wines of Bathurst, but to meet the local winemakers who are a passionate and dedicated range of characters whilst travelling the countryside of the iconic Bathurst plains,” he said.

“Our outstanding regional food and wine, and our heritage are two of the main pillars of the Bathurst region destination brand. I am excited to see these brought together and local operators working with the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre team to bring this new experience to life”.

Bathurst was one of the first wine regions of Australia with a history dating back to the 1830s. Today, new generations of vignerons are pushing the boundaries creating some of the finest cool climate wines at elevations and with extended ripening periods that place the region on the very edge of where it is possible to grow high quality vines.

Tickets for the full day tour are $155 per person, including all tasting costs and lunch, and are available from bathurstregion.com.au or from the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre. Future dates and itineraries are also published on the Bathurst region website.

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