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MEDIA ALERT: RARE WINES GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND

Announcement posted by NSW Wine Industry Association 31 Aug 2016

Date: Friday 2 Sep 2016
Time: 12-6pm
Location: Noble Dining Room, Sydney Cricket Ground
 
To celebrate the best of the NSW wine industry and to claim back the wine roots of Australia, NSW Wine Industry Association is holding the inaugural First Planted Auction Lunch and Gala this Friday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
 
Comedian Jean Kittson will take the reins as host of the event while Chris Taylor and Nathan Earl from PLONK will make an appearance to interview winemakers live during the event.
 
Not only will guests be treated with a gourmet 3-course lunch and delicious wines, they will also have the opportunity to bid on some truly ‘unicorn’ moments with some of the industry’s finest personalities at the auction.
 
The NSW Wine First Planted Gala Lunch & Auction is presented in partnership with Langton’s who will be managing the auction. There are 132 available to bid online now with 20 of the most hotly contested to be sold at the event.
 
Some highlights of the auction lots include an exclusive guided winery tour and out of the barrel tasting experience for 8 people with a Brokenwood winemaker, your own entire barrel of Tyrrell’s 2016 Vat 47 Chardonnay, and a weekend in Mudgee including dining at two of Mudgee’s hottest restaurants, a full-day helicopter wine tour and VIP treatment at the Huntington Music Festival.
 
First Planted Auction, September 2, 2016, at Sydney Cricket Ground
 
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