Melbourne Food and Wine on the Water in 2006

Lovers of Food and Wine will be drawn to Melbourne’s Docklands in January 2006, when the The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival joins forces with the Melbourne Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005 – 2006 to deliver a series of tantalising food and wine events.

Melbourne Food and Wine on the Water will feature local talent and international guest chefs in a mouth-watering line-up of food and wine events to be held at Docklands over three weekends.

Tastes of the Sea at Waterfront City will kick off the Festival on 21 – 22 January. Taste from a range of the best Victorian seafood produce prepared on-site by some of Victoria's finest chefs.

Savour the tastes and smells of spices at the second event, the Spice Market, running from Sunday 5 - Tuesday 7 February in Shed 14 at Melbourne Docklands.

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To round off the palate, sample vintages by some of Victoria's best wineries at Wine at Waterfront on the final weekend of the Melbourne Stopover, on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 February. This open-air cellar door will take over the main piazza at Waterfront City over two fantastic days.

The Melbourne Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race runs from 17 January until 12 February 2006, with a range of festivities being hosted from Waterfront City Race Village in Melbourne Docklands throughout the four weeks.

This is the first time in the history that the Volvo Ocean Race will stopover in Melbourne, providing a wonderful and unique opportunity to showcase Melbourne’s fantastic food, wine, restaurants and chefs to an international audience.