Esca Bimbadgen - Lovedale Long Lunch - 17 & 18 May 2025

Lovedale Long Lunch 2025

Saturday 17th May 2025 - Sunday 18th May 2025

Celebrating 31 Years – Save The Date! Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May 2025.

In 2025 Lovedale Long Lunch is celebrating 31 Years as the Hunter Valley’s favourite wine & food event!

Gather your group, and pop the date in your diaries! 2025 is set to be another year of delicious wines, mouth-watering meals and fantastic tunes. We hope to see you there!

The Lovedale Long Lunch is more that just a lunch. It’s an opportunity to meet up with friends and enjoy an iconic event, now in it’s 31st year. Great wine, great food, great music. A great day with friends. So come and experience the atmosphere and the delicious food created by the team from Esca Bimbadgen at Emma’s Cottage.

Held over two days, on the third weekend of May every year, the Lovedale Long Lunch is a progressive style lunch held around six iconic Lovedale wineries and cellar doors – Emma’s Cottage, Allandale Winery, Gartelmann Wines, Saltire Estate, Sandalyn Estate, and Tatler Wines.

Enjoy a delicious menu curated by Esca Bimbadgen and live music at Emma’s Cottage. Come and enjoy a great day, or weekend.

Learn more about our sister venue Emma’s Cottage here. 

The Menu – 2024

Our Chef is busily writing the 2025 Menu. In the meantime, here is an example of what you can expect from our 2024 event.

Emma’s Cottage + Esca Bimbadgen Restaurant

Mains
Roast Chicken Thigh with cous cous | chick peas | preserved lemon | smoked pepper (NF + DF)
Wine Match Alter Wines Chardonnay

Master Stock Braised Pork Neck with pickled slaw | chilli jam | crispy onions | coriander (NF + DF + GF + EF)
Wine Match Alter Wines Shiraz Pinot

Dessert & Cheese
Baked Cheesecake with salted caramel | macadamia | strawberry compote (NF + V)
Wine Match Alter Wines Sparkling Blanc

Triple Cream Brie with quince | smoked almonds | lavosh (V + GFO + NFO)
Wine Match Alter Wines Late Harvest Semillon

Vegetarian / Vegan Option
Roasted Cauliflower with cous cous | chick peas | preserved lemon | smoked pepper (VE + NF + DF)
Wine Match Alter Wines Semillon

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