Autumn
Hands-on cooking at Myrtleford’s La Fiera Italian Festival
When it comes to making exceptional Italian pasta and gnocchi, a recipe is of little help, says local chef Sam from Salute Italian Pizza and Food, located in Myrtleford’s lovely Lupo’s Kiln Café. “It’s all ‘feeling’ in Italian cuisine,” says Sam. “Food absorbs water differently depending on what time of the year it is. It’s…
Read MoreNews on the 2026 vintage, plus our top recommended wines!
It’s an intensely exciting time of year at out Alpine Valley wineries. Grape pickers work the vines night and day to ensure the entire crop is harvested at precisely the right moment—the sugars, acidity and flavours must be just right. Timing is of the essence as the grapes are inspected, sorted, cleaned, crushed and fermented.…
Read MoreWhat to expect from La Fiera 2025
It’s the most mouthwatering festival on our calendar—La Fiera, ‘The Fair’—a celebration of food, wine, fun, and Myrtleford’s Italian heritage. Timed perfectly to coincide with the Autumn harvest season, this annual festival feeds us with traditional home-cooked Italian favourites, entertains us with art, theatre, cinema and music, soothes us with award-winning wines crafted with…
Read MoreAutumn Festivities Set To Begin
As the sun softens in the autumnal sky and the morning dew left by crisp, cool nights returns to the valley, the grand old trees that line the streets of Bright & Surrounds prepare for their wintery sleep. One by one, their leaves change—some to yellow or tangerine, others to auburn—and fill the landscape with…
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