ECHO Native Bounty Feast teams up with wine festival

Tasmania's boutique ECHO Festival is to reprise it popular Native Bounty Feast as part of the Great Eastern Wine Week this spring.

ECHO Festival’s foodie feast takes place annually in March during autumn’s harvest.

This year, however, will also see a ‘spring edition’.

The Native Bounty Feast is a shared food experience that showcases local and indigenous produce.

The ‘spring edition’ will be held at Spring Vale Wines at Cranbrook in a marquee among the vines. Dishes can be paired with Spring Vale wines.

The GEWW Native Bounty Feast will be prepared by Tasmanian private chef Simon Ford, of Marefold, who is based on Bruny Island.

Ford has cooked on super yachts, on private estates and even on private planes.

Ticketsare $140 including a welcome drink and the event will run from 6.30pm to 10pm on Saturday, September 7.

Book here: https://eastcoastwinetrail.com.au/event/echos-native-bounty-feast/

Dates for ECHO 2025 are Match 14-16.

Calling all wine lovers in Tasmania this weekend

Take in the historic cellar door at Spring Vale, the lovely lake views at Milton, the platters at Boomer Creek, or a special tasting event. 

I spent last weekend enjoying the opening events of Tasmania's Great Eastern Wine Week, an 11-day festival of vinous and gourmet pleasures. 

The event concludes this weekend, so this is your last chance to get along to one of the many highlights.

Stretching along 221km of coastline known for the quality of the local cool-climate wines, the GEWW comprises nearly 50 events held at the region’s boutique wineries and other local venues. 

It offers a chance to meet the winemakers, the growers, the producers, and the people behind the wine, like Tom Wallace from Devil's Corner (below). 

Visitors can combine a tasting or two with mountain biking in St Helens, a boat cruise on the Bay of Fires, exploring Freycinet Peninsula and Wineglass Bay or a visit to Maria Island to see the wombats. 

Alternatively just kick back in the rustic luxury of resorts like the lovely Freycinet Lodge.

Many of the events are sold out, including a friendly wine taste-off between local Italian stallion Claudio Radenti (above) from Freycinet Vineyard and his close friend from the Derwent Valley, Stefano Lubiana. 

Many events are still open, however, or just pop into venues including Devil's Corner, Gala Estate and Craigie Knowe.

You'll find the full program here:  https://eastcoasttasmania.com/great-eastern-wine-week/