Tickets to this year's Winter F.A.W.C! event have been selling out fast but there's still a rich smorgasbord of options for those keen to sample the food and wine experiences on offer.
With more than 60 events spanning four weekends over June the celebrations begin this Friday with one of the larger items on the programme, the Fine Wines of New Zealand Dinner hosted by Craggy Range.
Here, acclaimed chef and MasterChef judge Josh Emett would be teaming up with Craggy Range head chef Casey McDonald to deliver a menu comprising local produce matched with top-of-the-range Hawke's Bay wines.
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Hawke's Bay Tourism general manager Annie Dundas said both local people and out-of-towners had shown a lot of interest in the programme, pre-sales for which reached record numbers last month, making this likely to be the best Winter F.A.W.C! yet.