Wine on the Rocks: a popular festival returns

It's back. Sydney Cellar Door, a two-day celebration of wines from across New South Wales, returns this November.

 
November will mark the first-ever NSW Wine Month - which will be highlighted by the return of Sydney Cellar Door to be held on November 9-10.

Sydney Cellar Door will be held for the first time in almost a decade at Tallawolagah Lawn, outside the MCA in The Rocks.

The event will be run by NSW Wine in partnership with The Rocks precinct.

Sydney Cellar Door is designed as "the tentpole moment" of the debut NSW Wine Month in Sydney, which aims to be a celebration of the state’s best winemakers featuring tasting events, masterclasses and Sydney-wide venue promotions.

More information is available at www.sydneycellardoor.com

Sydney Cellar Door will showcase wines from 40 regional producers across 16 wine regions.

 
Philip Shaw and Ross Hill will be pouring wines from the cool-climate slopes of Orange, family-owned brands like Margan and Tyrrell’s will be representing the Hunter Valley while Lowe Family Wines and Robert Stein will be showcasing classic Mudgee drops.

 
The Sydney Cellar Door event will be free to attend, with guests able to purchase branded tasting glasses and tokens to sample their way through the different producers. There will be food trucks and live entertainment.

"The relaunch of Sydney Cellar Door in 2024 marks the revival of an important landmark event in Sydney’s wine culture, and one that we look forward to growing" said Mark Bourne, president, of NSW Wine.

"After 235 years since the first grapes were planted in Australia at Circular Quay, winemakers from across NSW are returning to showcase the diversity and quality of wines."

The complete NSW Wine Month program includes events like Margan’s Pop-up Cellar Door at Chiswick; Brokenwood Banquet at Luna Lu; High Altitude Wine at Sydney Tower’s Bar 83, and De Beaurepaire Wines winemakers dinner at Kin, Lane Cove.