Activities & Events
The McLaren Vale Grape Wine & Tourism Association (MVGWTA) delivers a comprehensive calendar of events and workshops designed to support its Members across the grape, wine, and tourism industries.
These initiatives provide valuable opportunities for professional development, industry collaboration, and strategic insights into key challenges and opportunities. MVGWTA hosts technical workshops covering viticulture and winemaking best practices, business development sessions focused on marketing, tourism, and export strategies, and networking events that foster relationships between Members, industry leaders, and government stakeholders.
Additionally, the Association delivers advocacy forums to keep Members informed on policy developments, sustainability programs promoting environmental stewardship, and consumer-facing events that showcase the region’s premium wines and tourism experiences. These initiatives ensure that McLaren Vale businesses remain competitive, innovative, and well-connected within both domestic and international markets.
MEMBER AND TRADE EVENTS
Meet Your Maker
This trade focussed program series aims to connect trade personnel to participating McLaren Vale producers.
Vineyard Focus Days
Our members only Vineyard Focus Days seek to provide practical vineyard and industry information to growers, viticulturists and other members of the wine industry.
Wine Tourism Committee
Our members only Wine Tourism Committee events occur once per month and seek to showcase member venues within our region to member business hospitality staff.
CONSUMER EVENTS
Our two in-region consumer facing annual events, Grenache & Gourmet and SummerVines, are designed to encourage visitation to participating venues throughout the McLaren Vale Wine Region.
We provide the framework and umbrella marketing for these overarching events, allowing our members to curate individual events that best suit their businesses and capabilities.
19 September–6 October 2025
Grenache & Gourmet celebrates McLaren Vale’s world-class Grenache and Grenache-blends through an exciting range of curated tastings, master classes, dining experiences and more.
The consumer-facing experiences will span two weeks from International Grenache Day (19 September) to the Labour Day Long Weekend and will serve as a focus to drive visitation into the region and firmly cement McLaren Vale’s reputation as the leading Australian region for Grenache and Grenache-blends.
17–27 January 2025
SummerVines is a celebration of McLaren Vale's unique coastal lifestyle; our light, bright contemporary wines, our abundant produce, our regional artisans and our enviable natural landscape.
The consumer-facing experiences will span two weekends from the third weekend in January until the end of January each year.
Book Events & Workshops
Register or book tickets to up coming events and workshops.