General News
4 December, 2024
Corks pop and the beers flow
HOT WEATHER didn’t deter local gourmands from enjoying the inaugural Cork and Fork Loddon Valley at Newbridge Recreation Reserve on Saturday. With more than 20 food and drink stalls set up where normally the big men kick for goal during the winter...
HOT WEATHER didn’t deter local gourmands from enjoying the inaugural Cork and Fork Loddon Valley at Newbridge Recreation Reserve on Saturday.
With more than 20 food and drink stalls set up where normally the big men kick for goal during the winter football season, it was understandable that the biggest line on the day was for Lake Meran Brewery’s beers.
Brewer Hamish Chirnside was kept busy pouring beer for thirsty patrons as temperatures hovered in the mid-30s, while many were also happy to sip a classy red wine from one of a number of Loddon Valley vineyards represented on site. The focus of the event was squarely on local enterprises – from wineries to saffron producers, and from peanut brittle makers to Spanish street food.
There were sangria and beer making classes, as well as lessons on how to use saffron in your cooking.
And local musicians performed throughout the day to appreciative audiences.
A surprise hero at the Southern Loddon Tourism event was volunteer Fiona Rogers, the colourful self-appointed Toilet Fairy, who made sure the loos were in good order on the day.
- GARY WALSH