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Gumboot season at Oakridge Wines
July 1, 2017 @ 12:00 am - July 31, 2017 @ 12:00 am
Free entry
This July, the Yarra Valley is celebrating their annual Gumboot Season and Oakridge Wines is gearing up for a month of welly filled festivities. Gumboot Dancing, Welly Tossing and plenty more winter activities the whole family can enjoy.
Come to the Oakridge cellar door on any day during July and take the challenge of tossing your welly into a wine barrel. Hint: it’s not as easy as it sounds. Special prizes to be won.
Gumboot Dancing Workshop
Date: Sunday July 30, 2017
Get in the welly spirit and learn the South African tradition of Gumboot Dancing!
Suitable for all ages.
Gumboot Toss
Everyday at Oakridge
Come to the Oakridge cellar door and take the challenge of tossing your welly into a wine barrel.
Hint: it’s not as easy as it sounds!
Special prizes to be won.
Gumboot Trail
All Month
Visit any four of the participating wineries and buy a bottle of wine from their cellar door.
Post a photo of your bottle of wine on Instagram with the hashtag #gumbootseason to win a dozen of your favourite wines!
Reservations are essential for group tastings larger than eight people. To book, please call 03 9738 9900.
Don’t miss out on Oakridge’s other July event:
Children’s Cooking Classes
Join the chefs on July 6 and 7 from $45 per child including lunch, chef hat and apron. An interactive way for children aged 4-10 to learn to cook and harvest herbs from the kitchen garden.
Find out what other events are on here.