Now in its fourth year, Lost in the F.O.G (Festival of Grenache) has built a serious following in South Australia, the kind of event people plan weekends around. For the first time, it lands in Sydney, taking over The Wine Bar at The International for one afternoon only.
More than 20 winemakers. Over 100 wines. One of Australia’s most-loved grenache festivals, now in Sydney for the first time.A big open roaming wine festival in the heart of the CBD, Lost in the F.O.G invites guests to move freely between producers, discover new favourites and taste at their own pace. Tickets include unlimited tasting across some of Australia’s best Grenache producers, plus access to the Panorama Bar afterparty.

Originally founded in South Australia by the team at Alkina, the festival was built around a simple idea: all eyes on Grenache. If Pinot Noir has elegance and Shiraz has power, Grenache sits somewhere beautifully in between: lifted, perfumed, savoury and quietly complex, often all at once. Right now, it’s one of the most compelling grapes in the country, and the producers pouring at Lost in the F.O.G are a big reason why.

The lineup reflects that shift. Established names sit alongside producers redefining the category, pulling Grenache away from weight and into something more precise, more drinkable, and frankly, more interesting. This is a rare chance to taste that evolution in one space with the people who actually make the wine.

Bringing together more than 20 wineries, Lost in the F.O.G. spans everyone from former Penfolds winemakers to multi-generational Barossa producers and the new wave reshaping Australian Grenache.

Meet producers like Alex Head, whose Rhône-inspired approach has helped redefine modern Barossa Grenache through old, high-altitude vineyards; Stephen Pannell, widely considered one of Australia’s defining Grenache voices, crafting benchmark wines from McLaren Vale’s best sites; Amelia Nolan of Alkina, working alongside farmed terroir expert Pedro Parra to map vineyards by soil and geology in obsessive detail; and Bernice Ong of Ministry of Clouds, quietly crafting some of McLaren Vale’s most finely tuned bush vine Grenache.

Lost in the F.O.G. is as much about the people behind the bottle as what’s in the glass.