Regional Dinners: 2016 Macedon Ranges Wine & Food Festival

Join us at a wine dinner, lunch or degustation and experience great food matched with local wines. These intimate events provide the opportunity to learn more about the region's wines, meet the winemaker and enjoy the epicurean talents of local chefs and food producers. Book early as numbers are limited.

UPDATE:  The Macedon Ranges Wine and Food Budburst festival 2016 will be held on the weekend of Saturday 12th and 13th of November, 10am - 5pm.

Details on these pages will be updated as soon as new information becomes available.


Budburst has recently changed their name to the Macedon Ranges Wine and Food Festival. The Macedon Ranges region is acclaimed as a culinary destination and it's a reputation well earned.

The Best of the Rest with Max Allen @ La Bonta

event109The festival’s special guest, Australia’s renowned wine writer Max Allen, will lead tastings of the more unusual wine varieties grown and made in the Macedon Ranges.

Be ready for a fun evening with serious wine and food at La Bonta. Chef Tim Austin presents a special five-course degustazione menu to match these special wines, with some surprises along the way. Featuring Cobaw Ridge Lagrein, Midhill Gewürztraminer, Granite Hills Pinot Blanc among others.

Event details: The Best of the Rest with Max Allen @ La Bonta
Date: Friday, 13th November 2015 at 6.30pm for 7pm
Location: La Bonta 12-14 Piper St, Kyneton
Tickets: $145 per person
Booking details: Bookings essential: 03 5422 3683 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Source Dining Degustation Dinner

event110Granite Hills will again pair with Source Dining to host the flagship event of the weekend with an indulgent five course degustation dinner by chef Tim Foster matched with new vintage wines, and a few specially selected museum wines.

Event details: Source Dining Degustation Dinner
Date: Saturday, 14th November 2015, 6.30pm for 7pm
Location: Source Dining, 72 Piper Street, Kyneton
Tickets: $120 per person
Booking details: Bookings essential: 03 5422 2039

Mr Carsisi's Annual Budburst Dinner

Budburst dinnerChef Matt Fegan presents a six course Middle Eastern seafood degustation dinner at Mr Carsisi. The dinner will be hosted in conjunction with Lanes End, Mt Towrong and Hesket Estate Wineries.

The evening will commence with a wine tasting followed by dinner on the verandah overlooking Piper Street. This is a long-standing and memorable evening and highlight of the Budburst Festival.

Event details: Mr Carsisi's Annual Budburst Dinner
Date: Friday, 13th November 2015
Location: Mr Carsisi 37c Piper Street, Kyneton
Tickets: $125 per person
Booking details: Bookings essential: 03 5422 3769

A White Knight

event110The Whites from Sidonia Hills Natural Beef in collaboration with the Knights from Granite Hills, will present a three course dinner matched with wines at the hatted restaurant, Source Dining.

Come and experience both beef and wine from the granitic soils that characterise the terroir of our lands.

Event details: A White Knight
Date: Friday, 13th November 2015, 7pm for 7.30pm
Location: Source Dining, 72 Piper Street, Kyneton
Tickets: $80 per person
Booking details: Bookings essential: 5422 2039