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High Country Harvest

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Feast and forage your way around Victoria's bountiful High Country over 10 delectable days in May. In a region where produce and personalities are the heroes, indulge in food, wine and craft beer nurtured from fertile soils, as you meet the producers and winemakers who have not long harvested their autumn spoils. Book-ended by the convivial Harvest Celebration in Beechworth and Myrtleford's Italian-heritage La Fiera, the program also abounds with intimate hands-on cooking classes from Bright to the King Valley, behind-the-scenes tastings and tours from Rutherglen to Mansfield, unforgettable dining experiences in renowned regional restaurants and more.

Where: Various venues across Victoria's High Country

When: 18 - 27 May 2012

Cost: Various prices
More info: www.highcountryharvest.com.au (live from 1 March 2012)

Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2012 in the High Country

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The High Country's vibrant culinary culture will flourish next March, with a program of 18 events celebrating the region's bountiful food and wine as part of the 20th Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (2 - 21 March 2012), on sale from 2 December.

Over three key weekends, food and wine lovers are invited to experience the culinary adventure, warm hospitality and local insights that go hand-in-hand with the region's food and wine and the characters who craft it. Held from the Alpine Valleys to Milawa and the King Valley to Beechworth and Rutherglen, events range from hands-on cooking classes to special alfresco lunches and dinners, from a horse-riding and gourmet adventure to intimate food and wine tours combined with luxury accommodation.

Long, leisurely lunches showcasing seasonal and regional produce herald the start of the Festival on Friday 2 March, with the Regional World's Longest Lunch - High Country celebrating five wine regions and their chefs at Pizzini Wines.

To read our full High Country program click here.

Seasonal Indulgence our Food & Wine guide

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The new edition of our Seasonal Indulgence Food & Wine guide not only incorporates our food & wine producers from the region but now includes all our Pedal to Produce cycle trails from across the North East as well as, maps, itineraries, recipes and more, so more than even our guide is a must have when touring the North East Valleys. Simply scroll over the guide to view at full page size and turn the pages with the arrow on the right of the guide. If you would like a copy posted to you click the contact us link at the top of our home page to request it free of charge. Hope to see you soon.

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High Country Espresso Trail

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Beechworth's Provender, one of the best coffee stops in the North East Valleys

Not content with having top gourmet producers, hatted restaurants and internationally recognised winemakers, Victoria's High Country, now claims to be 'coffee capital', with its new 'Espresso Trail'. Bean 'geek's should hit the Yarra Valley- High Country culinary touring route to King Valley and make the first stop the Mountain View Hotel. Enjoy a morning coffee and chat with Carlo Pizzini about his coffee sourced from 'Padre', a Brunswick coffee house.

Next stop Milawa Cheese Factory for a Gravity coffee and choice of artisan cheeses, breads, and pastries. It's a difficult choice in Beechworth with 21 cafes, but a 'must try' is St Ali's 'chompy' blend at Larder Fromagerie & Provisions, made from the highest quality Arabica beans, lightly roasted in small batches.

For coffee with a view, stop just before Bright at Boynton's Feathertop Winery, for a special blend of Witham coffee made from hand-picked, high quality green beans.

Leave the mountains and head to the mighty Murray for Rutherglen's, Pickled Sisters Café. Strong fully bodied coffee with nice malty notes, packs a punch with melt in your mouth Scottish shortbread, by Glaswegian chef Stewart Gilchrist, baked to his mum's recipe.

Read more about Beechworth's great coffee.