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PREPARE your taste buds, because the region\u2019s finest wines are coming to Rosalind Park this month for the Strategem Bendigo Winemakers Festival.<\/p>\n

The Saturday, 17 April day has sold out, with the family day on Sunday selling fast.<\/p>\n

Bendigo Winegrowers Association president Wes Vine said this is one wine festival you don\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n

The Sunday event is structured as a day for everyone with handcrafted wines from the Bendigo region, as well as vendors with regionally-sourced food and a full program of live music from local musicians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur winemakers are looking forward to welcoming everyone back after being forced to postpone the whole event last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viniculturist Ken Gilchrist, who co-owns GilGraves Wine with his wife Kaye Graves in Axedale, said they can\u2019t wait to show off their latest drops.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have our viognier, our light red which is called the carbonic shiraz and our field blend,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really looking forward to it, last year of course we had to cancel it at the last moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re veery keen to get out there and show our wines again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Gilchrist said the festival is great for winemakers like him that don\u2019t have a cellar door.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s probably about seven or eight in the Winegrowers Association that don\u2019t have cellar doors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very good opportunity to show our wines to members of the public that might not otherwise be aware of our wines.\u201d<\/p>\n

GilGraves Wine operates organically and prides themselves on producing low-intervention wines.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur wine is made with as little intervention as possible,\u201d Mr Gilchrest said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the winemaking process, we use natural yeast and nothing is added to the wine except a little bit of sulphur prior to bubbling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe use old oak barrels instead of new barrels, so you don\u2019t get the taste of the wood, you\u2019re in fact tasting the fruit rather than something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Gilchrist is a former lawyer, who, after a health scare 10 years ago, found time with his wife to start making wine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just decided I wanted to do something else, so this really became the opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Since joining the wine industry, Mr Gilchrist said they have established good relationships across the region and deliver their wines themselves through Central Victoria, Ballarat and Geelong.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just like to have a relationship with the people we\u2019re supplying, and we\u2019ve met some really great people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is not a dress rehearsal; you just have to get on with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Strategem Bendigo Winemakers Festival is sure to sell out, head to bendigowine.org.au<\/strong><\/a> for last minute tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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