There's plenty in store this weekend...

Friday, 6th August 2010

Take a look at the wonderful array of events on this weekend for the Fireside Festival...

With everything from the Burning of the totems at Bungendore Wood Works Gallery to an Italian banquet adn the Gundaroo Colonial Inn.

Indulge in the Gundaroo Fireside Big Breakfast at the Cork Street Cafe before calling in on Ian and Moraig at Old Saint Luke's Studio, Gundaroo for some creative inspiration...

Some events for this week -
Fireside Italian banquet at Gundaroo Colonial Inn - Saturday, 7 August. Visit Gundaroo Colonial Inn for a night of fun and frivolity, with a three-course Italian banquet matched with delicious Canberra District wines from Lerida Estate. Be entertained by Adam Hole and Marji Curran Band and go in the draw to win a 3 bottle pack of Lerida Estate wines valued at $98 was part of Lerida Estate Wine Week.

Burning of the totems - bonfire, dinner and drinks at Bungendore Wood Works Gallery - Saturday, 7 August
Bungendore Wood Works Gallery's artistic director David MacLaren and a few of his woodworking friends will be putting a creative spin on the old-fashioned bonfire as part of Fireside 2010. Putting all their skills into use, David and his friends will be creating a series of totems, designed to burn for maximum effect. Head to Bungendore for dinner at the Gallery Cafe, and warm up with a glass or mulled wine, but make sure to head out into the galley forecourt once the sun goes down for the awesome 'Burning of the totems'. Something a little bit different, to celebrate a Canberra winter.

Poachers Fireside Degustation Dinner at Poachers Pantry - Saturday, 7 August
Poachers Pantry, at Hall, has created a special seasonal menu sure to warm you through - traditional slow cooked meals with a contemporary twist. Bookings essential.

Wine masterclass - pinot noir at Lerida Estate - Saturday, 7 August
On each Saturday in August, Jim Lumbers, proprietor, and Malcolm Burdett, winemaker, will be lifting the covers on wine making by conducting a master class on how to make and blend wine. This week will focus on pinot noir, widely considered to produce some of the finest wines in the world, but a difficult variety to cultivate and transform into wine. The masterclass will finish with canapes, glasses of gluhwein and hot drinks, all served in front of the fire!

And all month long we've got Truffles and petanque at Café Lerida, Fireside treatments at Geranium House day spa, warm winter textiles and jewellery at Beaver Galleries, Spanish wine and tapas at Mt Majura Vineyard, pies and puddings lunch specials at Podfood, truffles at Silo Bakery and Winterfest Indulgence packages at Country Guesthouse Schonegg.

The Fireside Festival is presented by The Poacher's Way.

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