Take a walk on the wine side Moyamoya charity ball in May

A BAROSSA-style winery tour is coming to Cairns.

Innovative next-generation local and interstate wineries are descending on leading venues in Cairns, transforming them into urban cellar doors to bring regional producers face to face with customers.

Urban Wine Talk is a fun, self-guided format, which will wind its way through the Cairns CBD to seven bars or restaurants.

On Saturday, May 27, venues and producers handpicked by Urban Wine Walk’s founder Josh Starick and his Neighbourhood Events Co team, will be in Cairns. Each venue is paired with a wine producer.

Mr Starick said Cairns was “an exciting step for the event”.

“We’ve hosted events across Australia, and as we evolve, we’re always looking for new and exciting locations to share the Urban Wine Walk experience with.

“After successful events in Brisbane we’re super excited to be bringing the vino love to North Queensland.

“We started Urban Wine Walk because we wanted to take next-gen wine producers out of the shadows, out of the hills, and put them on a bigger stage smack bang in the middle of the city, in front of a receptive crowd.

“As well as showcasing the winemakers, our event acts as a platform to support the local venues in Cairns, who put their blood, sweat and tears into providing the local North Queensland community with vibrant and enjoyable places to socialise with friends, all yearround.”

Mr Starick said the winemaker line-up was carefully curated in consultation with each venue, factoring in existing relationships, winemaking styles and the all-important taste, to ensure the very best producers make it into Urban Wine Walk. The seven venues and wines are:

• Miss Chief Bar and Eatery and Loverman Wine (SA)

• Oak & Vine and La Prova (SA)

• Sauce Brewing Cairns and Konpira Maru (QLD/VIC)

• The Conservatory Bar and Rollick Wines (SA)

• The Crown Hotel and Wangolina (SA)

• The Pier Bar and Forage Supply Co. (SA)

• Waterbar & Grill and d’Arenberg (SA). The tour starts at 12pm and ends at 4pm on May 27.

Tickets are $75 plus booking fee at www.urbanwinewalk. com.au and each ticket includes three free tastings per producer, a $10 voucher towards lunch at the starting venue, plus a $25 voucher when ordering a six pack of wine from one of the participating winemakers home delivered after the event.

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MOYAMOYA Foundation founder Nicola Baker has been eating some of the weirdest and craziest foods including cow eyeballs in the name of fundraising in the lead-up to the annual Aussie Locums Blue Tie Ball.

The 5 Days of May challenge was put out by Nicola in the lead-up to her annual ball, encouraging moyamoya families to do something that challenges them and raises money.

“5 Days of May is a gift to those who are going through our experience (being a family with moyamoya),” she said.

Ms Baker’s challenge is to eat exotic and unusual foods in the lead up.

The annual blue tie ball will kick off on World Moyamoya Day, May 6, at the Hilton in Cairns. This year’s guest speaker is head of Macquarie Neurosciences Professor Marcus Stoodley, a man who has helped Moyamoya Australia research the rare disease and help support those who have been affected by it. Tickets for the ball are $200 each and available to purchase via the Moyamoya Australia website, or by clicking the following link in our online edition https://bit.ly/40fKN01