One of those is Wine Week. Wine Week is October's answer to FOOD Week in April. But if you ask me, they're both pretty much the same thing, just the focus is slightly more on one than the other depending on what week it is.
But this week is Wine Week and the highlight of cheap events (ie. events that aren't snobby dinners with $100+ price tags) is the Night Markets.
It's like a farmer's market with but with wine and gourmet food instead. You enter for a gold coin donation, buy a glass (or if you're canny like one of my friends, byo "taste Orange" branded glass you got from previous Wine and/or Food Week events) and then spend the rest of the night going to different winery stalls getting your glass filled and buying food to go along with it.
It's way better than a Farmer's Market.
There's a nice sense of community as everyone wanders from stall to stall, with their faces getting slight tints of red according to how many glasses they've had. It's ok, they're just happy.
Here's what I had at the Night Markets, just to make you jealous:
Rolling Semillion Blanc Sauvignon
Manners and Borg sausage in a baguette with yummy relish.
Wagyu beef pie - best. pie. ever. It was my first time having Wagyu beef, and it was the best way to have Wagyu beef.
Canobolas Smith Cabernet Merlot - lovely, smooth red. Made me happy.
Mayfield coffee and chocolate mousse
Canobolas Smith Melliodora dessert wine
It was a good time to go with a group of friends and eat good food and drink good wine without being in a restaurant setting.
I love night markets. I wish we could have them every Friday night. My bank balance is probably glad we don't have it every Friday night, so is my waistline (gym membership or otherwise).
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