Hunter Valley on Sea
SYDNEY – The Hunter Valley’s outstanding food and wine is the centrepiece of a new series of three-night cruises onboard superliner Pacific Dawn.
P&O Cruises’s weekend food and wine “sampler cruises will allow the company to showcase the fine food and wine of the region to a growing cruise audience.
Ann Sherry, CEO of Carnival Australia which operates P&O Cruises, said, “The Hunter Valley is famous for fresh produce, innovative menus and the amazing local wines, which are so popular onboard our ships,†Ms Sherry said.
“These themed cruises will give people the unique opportunity to dip their toes into cruising while also learning a bit more about Australian food and wine.â€
Two-hat chef Andrew Clarke of Pokolbin’s Rock Restaurant said he was looking forward to getting onboard the two cruises to prepare a special six-course degustation dinner.
“Preparing a six-course meal for 2000 passengers presents amazing challenges but this is a great opportunity to bring the unique flavours of the Hunter to a new travelling public,†he said.
Departing Sydney on July 31 and August 14, guests will spend three nights cruising the Pacific Ocean while enjoying a weekend of wine and food experiences.
Highlights of the cruise include:
Wine tastings, appreciation classes and lectures with Bruce Tyrell
(Tyrell’s Winery) and Duane Roy, co-owner of Glandore Estate
Cheese tastings from the Hunter Valley Cheese Company
Coffee appreciation classes with trained onboard baristas
A six-course degustation dinner prepared by Andrew Clarke of Rock Restaurant.
Sherry said the cruises had proved so popular that additional sampler cruises had been scheduled across the fleet in 2010.
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