Bird in Hand's Chef de Cuisine, celebrates our finest wines with a spectacular progression of South Australia’s acclaimed produce. Pre-dinner drinks and freshly shucked Coffin Bay Oysters on the terrace as the sun sets over the vineyards. Six courses with paired wines. Vegetarian and Gluten free options available. Bookings essential. Call 83899488, email hospitality@birdinhand.com.au or book online here : 25^th Jan  or 26^th Jan 

The Gallery at Bird in Hand is presenting an epic Tuscan style degustation lunch over the Adelaide HiIls Wine Region's Winter Reds festival.

On the weekend of 28th-29th July, thousands of wine lovers will flock to the Adelaide Hills to take refuge from the cold and enjoy great food, fine wine and good times with friends and family.

'A Taste of Tuscany' at The Gallery is a seasonal degustation, paired with rare back vintage wines from the Bird in Hand portfolio.

Evoking a rustic Tuscan winter feast, the degustation menu features a number of seasonal dishes with many ingredients foraged from the Bird in Hand gardens and surrounds. Chef Ben Fenwick will be creating a menu including whipped taleggio with white truffle, wild boar ragu and charcoal-grilled beef florentine.

Chief winemaker Kym Milne MW has selected wines from the Bird in Hand portfolio to match each dish, including rarely released museum vintages, and the Italian collection.

Price per person is $170 including all food and wine and booking is essential. Flight Club members receive 20% discount on the meal. Making a booking here or for further information  please contact hospitality@birdinhand.com.au or telephone 08 8389 9488.

In addition to the Tuscan degustation meal, in the barrel hall at Bird in Hand, wine lovers can enjoy open fires, live music and a 12-hour slow cooked beef brisket accompanied by their favourite glass of red. Bookings recommended.

Bird in Hand was the official wine partner at the inaugural New York Times 'Art Leaders Network' conference, held in Berlin at the end of April. The event brought together a select group of the world's most distinguished art experts and influencers for the 2018 Art Leaders Network Conference. Speakers included contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei; Director of The Museum of Modern Art New York City, Glenn D Lowry; Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Dr Tristram Hunt amongst the worlds foremost art and cultural leaders. Guests were treated to Bird in Hand wines at the VIP and Gala Dinners inside Berlin’s Bode and Deutsches Historisches Museums.

This Mother’s Day, Sunday 13th May, Bird in Hand is open for lunch, and all Mums will be treated to a complimentary glass of Bird in Hand sparkling pinot noir on arrival.

The Gallery restaurant will be offering both the Signature Flight and Joy Flight degustation menus.

The Signature Flight is a shared style menu of seasonal dishes created by chef Ben Fenwick. The menu changes regularly but recent dishes include Cone Bay Barramundi with cauliflower, leek, sauce meuniere and garlic crumb; quail, smoked zucchini, roast fennel and celery heart and salmon belly, fennel, beetroot and mustard butter. The price per person is $85 and booking is essential.

For those looking to indulge in an immersive, long lunch, the Joy Flight is available for bookings. This exciting seasonal culinary journey unfolds to reveal an elite progression of ingredients, flavours and textures. The menu changes according to the sourcing of seasonal ingredients available at the time. The Joy flight must be booked at least seven days in advance and is $130 per person. If you are treating Mum to this special lunch, not only will she receive a complimentary glass of sparkling wine, but also a limited-edition collection of beautiful Easton Pearson linen napkins, which were designed exclusively for Bird in Hand.

All meals can be paired with complementing wines from the Bird in Hand portfolio.

Bookings are essential. Please contact Bird in Hand to enquire on 08 8389 9488 or hospitality@birdinhand.com.au

Spartina restaurant in West Hollywood was the location for the recent launch of Bird in Hand in Los Angeles, in partnership with Adelaide-born film producer Bruna Papandrea, who was celebrating the birth of her new development, production and finance company, Made Up Stories.

Guests included Michelle Pfeiffer and her husband David E Kelly, actors Nicholas Hoult and Australian’s own Isla Fisher, Gia Coppola, and members of the cast of the Papandrea produced, ‘Big Little Lies’, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz. They enjoyed an intimate dinner at Spartina restaurant in West Hollywood, with wines from across the Bird in Hand portfolio including the 2010 Nest Egg Joy, 2013 Nest Egg Shiraz and 2017 Bird in Hand Sparkling Pinot Noir Rosé, accompanying the meal of California influenced Italian dishes.

Founder of Bird in Hand, Andrew Nugent, who attended the launch commented: “Wines from the Adelaide Hills can sit at the quality pinnacle of world production. To show them around the world is a great pleasure, particularly with other South Australians. Bruna and her success is a wonderful example of creative achievement that we are so proud of.”

In February 2018, Bird in Hand will be host to two epic concerts: Neil and Liam Finn on Friday 16th February, followed by the recent ARIA award smashing Gang of Youths on Saturday, 17th February. Music lovers can enjoy performances by the artists over a glass of Bird in Hand wine amongst the picturesque surroundings of the rolling Adelaide Hills.

Neil Finn is one of the world’s greatest song-writing treasures. Ever on the cusp of creative innovation, Finn’s musical genes run deep into the family line. His latest album was co-produced with his son Liam and recorded live in front of an online audience. Finn’s newest incarnation is a full musical collaboration with Liam.

"Liam and I have been dreaming up this record for the last two years. We have a wonderful band assembled to bring it to the stage and are casting the net wide to bring up some old treasures for the setlist,” comments Neil Finn.

Neil and Liam Finn will be performing at Bird in Hand on Friday 16th February.

Gang of Youths were without question the stand-out success story from the 2017 ARIA awards. Taking home three coveted awards on the night - ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Best Group’ and ‘Best Rock Album’ to add to their earlier win of ‘Producer of the Year’ alongside Adrian Breakspear, bringing their tally to four ARIA awards. With a stirring live performance from their current album, they were ‘crowned the kings of the Australian music industry’ according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

2017 has been an immense year for the five-piece from Sydney, with the release of their second album ‘Go Farther in Lightness’, a nod towards the optimism and kindness the band have found by surviving various ordeals. The holiness of love, the chaos and rapture of surviving against all odds, these are what drive Gang of Youths. With singer Dave Le’aupepe’s lyrics drawn from some of the most miserable life experiences available to humanity, and the band’s music taking cues from rock history’s most ambitious and theatrical preachers, Gang of Youths drag the beauty out of everything from hell to high heaven.

Back home in Australia following a European tour, and a move to London, Gang of Youths will be performing at Bird in Hand on Saturday 17th February, and are supported by Sydney’s Middle Kids.

Neil and Liam Finn, Friday 16th February. Price: $119*.
Tickets can be purchased here.

Gang of Youths with Middle Kids, Saturday 17th February. Price: $89.
Tickets can be purchased here.

Pre-ordered cheese, antipasto and BBQ hampers available on ticket purchase.

Return bus transfers from Adelaide Metro available to book with ticket purchase.

For FAQs please see here

Details of pre-order food hampers and food to be purchased on the night can be found here

This year’s CRUSH festival, taking place across the Adelaide Hills Wine Region is on the weekend of 27 - 28 January.

Bird in Hand is open across the weekend, taking bookings for an epic degustation lunch, as well as offering a more casual Bird BBQ food offering, with complementing wines, and tunes from DJ Madness.

On Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th lunch in The Gallery will be an extremely special seafood degustation with matching wines from the Bird in Hand and Nest Egg portfolios as well as some rare Museum releases. The menu will include seasonal dishes such as coffin bay oysters, spencer gulf prawns, Moreton bay bugs and south-east crayfish. Bookings are essential and the price including wines is $150.

Email hospitality@birdinhand.com.au for tickets.

A more casual offering is also available throughout the weekend. Gourmet beef, chicken and vegetarian burgers with fries can be ordered to enjoy on the Bird in Hand lawns with wine served by the glass or bottle.

Adelaide Hills winery Bird in Hand has made history by being the first Australian winery to win the ‘Sauvignon Blanc of the Year’ award at the annual Winestate Awards.
The 2017 Bird in Hand sauvignon blanc is the first of this grape variety to be judged the best that was not produced in New Zealand.

Each year, Winestate evaluates around 10,000 wines from Australia and New Zealand with judging panels of winemakers, Masters of Wine and other industry experts.

The 2017 Bird in Hand sauvignon blanc was one of over 500 of the grape variety tasted by experts including New Zealand wine journalist Jane Skilton MW and a line-up of Australian judges.
The 2017 Australasian Winestate Awards were presented at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Friday 24th November and Bird in Hand chief winemaker, Kym Milne MW received the award on behalf of the winery.

Kym commented: “The Adelaide Hills has a great reputation for its cool climate wine styles and the cool 2017 vintage produced some excellent sauvignon blancs right across the region. We knew when we produced this vintage that it was something special, but to have that acknowledged by industry experts and peers makes it all the more rewarding.”

On the same day, Friday 24th November, Bird in Hand’s Arneis, part of its Italian series of wines, took home the award for ‘Best Other White’ at the 2017 Adelaide Hills Saint Martin Wine Show.

To celebrate the launch we hosted a party on the 23rd November at creative hub, The Carousel in central London over an intimate dinner. Guests included pop-star sensations Ella Eyre and Anne-Marie, and fashion industry socialites Jack Guinness, Edie Campbell and Pixie Geldof.

Guests were greeted with a glass of the 2017 Bird in Hand x House of Holland Sparkling Pinot Noir, whilst admiring the intimate set up of log-cabin décor, Pop Art on the walls to complement Holland’s recent Resort 18 collection and flower garlands hung from the ceiling.

A Bird in Hand wine was matched with each course, including the 2016 Bird in Hand Chardonnay and 2013 Nest Egg Shiraz. Before feasting over the likes of jasmine tea breast of lamb, pistachio crusted salmon and hedgerow berry pavlova all 60 seats applauded British singer-songwriter, Anne-Marie who treated guests to an exclusive performance.

The pinot noir grapes used for this wine were exclusively hand-picked from Bird in Hand’s Woodside estate in the Adelaide Hills. The grapes were harvested in the cool early Autumn morning to retain freshness and flavour. The fruit was gently whole-bunch pressed, with just enough skin contact to produce a delicate blush salmon pink colour. The wine was fermented with a champagne yeast before undergoing a second fermentation via the Italian ‘Charmant’ method. The result is a very delicate sparkling wine, with hints of strawberry, red apple and rhubarb on the nose.

The wine is available to purchase through the Bird in Hand cellar door or online here.

Now spring is officially here, wine-lovers are heading up to the Adelaide Hills to enjoy the longer evenings. At The Gallery, on select Fridays throughout spring and summer they can head up to Bird in Hand to enjoy delicious, seasonal food from chef Ben Fenwick, paired with wines from across the portfolio. A new spring menu will be announced in time for the launch of the new Friday Twilight dinners.

The Gallery is open from 6pm on select Fridays including 1st and 15th December. Booking is required. There is a choice of the Signature Flight - a selection of complementing dishes designed to share - or guests looking for an indulgent, exciting culinary experience can pre-book the Joy Flight. This journey of flavours evolves over five courses, with dishes curated by Ben on a bespoke basis depending on the seasonal ingredients available that week.

Contact us on 08 8389 9488 or hospitality@birdinhand.com.au