Food, wine, beer and sunshine proved to be the perfect blend in Cessnock on Sunday for the city’s second annual Stomp Festival.
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About 11,000 people attended the inaugural event in 2016, and by 2pm Sunday the organisers estimated this year’s crowd was even bigger.
The Cessnock Chamber of Commerce founded the Stomp Festival as a way to showcase the town as the gateway to Hunter wine country.
Chamber president Geoff Walker said the day was a great success, with a lot of visitors from Newcastle and Sydney.
“It’s really fantastic – the beauty of it is bringing the vineyards into town, and sampling all that’s on offer in Pokolbin and Cessnock in one spot,” he said.
Festival highlights including the Mad Hatter’s High Tea, live entertainment and grape-stomping competitions.
A new addition to this year’s festival was the Drayton’s Wines Pub Stomp Challenge, which was taken out by the team from the Khartoum Hotel, Kitchener.
Check out videos from the Drayton’s Wines Pub Stomp in the posts below.
