Grampians Grape Escape is one of the longest running food and wine festivals in Australia and a hallmark event for Victoria.
Held in the Grampians National Park at Halls Gap during the first weekend of May every year, the Grampians Grape Escape provides food and wine offerings by more than 100 local artisan producers, live music and family entertainment.
[1] The festival features Grampians_(wine) produced by some of the oldest vines in the world; the area was first vinified in 1862 with plantings at Concongella Creek and Great Western by French winemaker Charles Pierlot.
[4] The Festival began in 1992 as the Halls Gap Gourmet Weekend and was rebranded as Grampians Grape Escape in 2002.
[5] Previous Festival identities have included: Manu Feildel, Poh Ling Yeow, Tobie Puttock, Ed Halmagyi, Rachel Berger, Rebecca Barnard, Monique Brumby, Adrian Richardson and Stefano de Pieri.