FAQs

Each Lovedale Long Lunch pacakge includes entry into two venues (4 if you choose a weekend package!), plus live music all day, and  your meals. Select your package type, head over to the wineries to see what each venue has to offer and pick your 2 favourite to visit (per day). Then you can hop from one to the next sampling fantastic food and wine along the way.

Weekend Package Inclusions: Entry on Saturday & Sunday, 3 Main Meals, 2 Desserts or Cheese Plates, 1 Souvenir Wine Tasting Glass
ON SALE NOW General Release: $169 + booking fees

Saturday Package Inclusions: Entry on Saturday, 2 Main Meals, 1 Dessert or Cheese Plates, 1 Souvenir Wine Tasting Glass
ON SALE NOW General Release: $129 + booking fees

Sunday Package Inclusions: Entry on Sunday, 1 Main Meals, 1 Dessert or Cheese Plates, 1 Souvenir Wine Tasting Glass
ON SALE NOW $79 + booking fees

In 2025 you can choose two from the six participating wineries to visit with your group. Spend more quality time enjoying each venue and less time travelling in between them.

When booking your tickets you will have a choice of three start times, either 9.30am, 10.00am, or 10.30am, and then you can chose to move on to your next venue between 12.00-2.00pm.

If you purchased a Weekend Package you may present your Saturday wristband and tasting glass at the entry gate to any winery on Sunday to be issued with a Sunday wristband at no extra cost, allowing you entry to all venues. You can then use any leftover food tokens from your Saturday package, or purchase extra tickets individually ($30 for a main meal or $10 for a dessert/cheese plate). Sunday tickets are only $79 when purhcased by themselves, or only $40 when purchased as part of a weekend package.

Yes. A Lovedale Long Lunch tickets includes entry to each of the venues, all day live music, and meals from our Hunter Valley restaurant partners. No alcohol is included in the ticket price. Non-Alcoholic drinks can be purchased from each venue. 

No BYO food will be permitted to the event. Each venue will have a gluten free, vegetarian and vegan option.
If you have any other specific dietary requirements or a medical condition that means you can only eat certain foods, please contact us prior to the event to make arrangements.

All participating wineries provide a vegetarian and/or vegan meal option. Visit each of the winery pages to view the options.

All participating wineries provide a gluten free meal. Visit each of the winery pages to view the options.

It is important for us to have an idea of the numbers of people expected at a particular winery and the timeframe in which you might arrive. Our licensing and DA stipulate that we can, all, have only a particular number of people onsite at any one time. The scheduling provides this information to us so that we can provide everyone with a great Long Lunch.

If you do change your mind about the winery order,  you can apply to have your itinerary updated by contacting us by email.

There is a $5.50 itinerary change administration fee that will apply if the change is possible. It is up to each winery if you are able to get in and will depend on the number of people they have onsite. 

Lovedale Long Lunch is held across venues located on Lovedale Road and Wilderness Road, Lovedale. Due to the distance between each, and the safety of all visitors, we do not advise walking between your venues. 

Allandale, Tatler, Gartelmann, Saltire, Emma’s, Sandalyn, then back to Allandale.

We will do our best to accommodate disabled persons at the event.
It is a good idea to phone in advance the wineries you wish to visit to discuss your needs.
Please be aware that the wineries are outdoor venues and consider that there may be sloping, uneven, grassy or muddy areas.

All of our glass is recycled, but we could certainly use your help in making sure empty wine bottles only are placed in designated glass bins.
We also use fully biodegradable high quality cardboard plates and bamboo cutlery.

Please use our contact page.

The Time to Pay" option allows ticket buyers the option of paying off their orders over 4 equal payments. This convenient ticket purchase payment plan option is available for all registered members who purchase tickets. If you choose to pay for your ticket using the "Time to Pay" plan the same terms and conditions will apply as if you were buying any other ticket to the festival. Please ensure you have read the term of purchase in full below and understand each point.

Time to Pay Terms and Conditions

If you choose to pay for your ticket using the "“Time to Pay”" plan the following terms and conditions apply;

- By going ahead with this “Time to Pay” transaction, you agree that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions, please do not proceed with this transaction.

- By selecting the “Time to Pay” option, you hereby authorise Lovedale Long Lunch to charge your nominated credit card in accordance with the payment schedule below until full payment has been received for your tickets.

- Upon selecting the “Time to Pay” option, you will be charged your first installment as specified by Lovedale Long Lunch at the time of booking and additional installments will be charged, 28 days later, as specified in the payment schedule below.

- Installments will be deducted using the same credit card used for the original booking. If your credit card happens to expire during the “Time to Pay” period, you will have the facility to update your credit card details via your secure online member’s area.

- “Time to Pay” commitments will not be frozen, cancelled or deferred, nor will you be entitled to a refund or exchange during the “Time to Pay” process, unless in accordance with Lovedale Long Lunch’s general terms and conditions for cancelled events or to the extent required under applicable trade practices and consumer protection laws.

- While we will hold your tickets for you, you are not entitled to delivery of your tickets until all installments are received. Once full payment has been received, you will receive an email advising that your tickets are now available and ready to print via your online member’s area or will be posted to your registered address if you choose postal delivery.

- It is your responsibility to ensure that: (a) the account details you have provided are correct and (b) you have sufficient clear funds available in the nominated account on the scheduled drawing dates.

- In the event an installment is not received by Lovedale Long Lunch when Lovedale Long Lunch attempts to process an installment payment through your credit card in accordance with the payment schedule, Lovedale Long Lunch will notify you via email and provide you the facility to catch up on a scheduled payment. Any fees levied to you by your financial institution will be payable by you.

- In the event that a scheduled payment is not received or remedied within the time subscribed, you will be in breach of this agreement and Lovedale Long Lunch will cancel your booking and keep all monies received from you (such fee represents Lovedale Long Lunch’s’ reasonable costs of cancelling your booking). Lovedale Long Lunch will then email you notifying you that your booking has been cancelled.

- No tickets will be made available to you until full payment has been received. Lovedale Long Lunch will send you an email once full payment has been made which includes a link for you to download your tickets via your secure online members area. Otherwise, you can select to have your tickets posted, in which case they will be despatched after final payment is received.

NOTE: as well the Terms and Conditions above, Lovedale Long Lunch general terms and conditions, which deal with refunds, cancelled or postponed events, conduct at events and other important matters, apply.

General Event Terms and Conditions are available by clicking on the Terms and Conditions link on the FAQ section of this website.

PAYMENT SCHEDULE

1. First Payment –                    Due on the date of ordering
2. Second Payment –              Due 28 Days (4 Weeks) after first payment
3. Third Payment –                   Due 28 Days (4 Weeks) after first payment 

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If you can provide the required evidence shown in the individual reasons section you will be able to get a refund of your booking. 

If the event has been cancelled or you can no longer travel due to a government imposed travel ban, you will need to contact the event organiser directly regarding your options.

Both event cancellation and Government imposed travel bans are excluded within Booking Protect Terms and Conditions, so they will not be able to process refunds for either of these circumstances. 

For our full up-to-date coronavirus guidance,  click here

When you purchase your tickets with Refund Protect your booking receipt will have a  Booking Protect Reference Number. If you have a valid reason for a refund under our terms, to make a claim go here and insert yout Reference Number and complete the form with the correct supporting evidence.

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