Grape stomping, sparkling wine Olympics? Our quirkiest food fest is back

Want to bake an apple pie while sipping a cider, or win gold at a bubbly Olympics?

Trail Graze is back with "bigger and better" events sure to impress locals and tourists alike from Friday, April 10 to Sunday, April 12.

Tasting Trail Tasmania chair Scott Dornauf said the North-West offers the unique opportunity to meet the makers and producers of 42 locations.

"So if you come to our wineries, the chances are you're going to meet the winemaker or if you go to the cheese factory, the cheese maker will be there," he said.

"I don't think you get that in the bigger food and wine regions across Australia, so I would encourage people to make the most of it here in North-West Tassie."

One of those producers is Dasher and Fisher whose operations manager Donna Emmerton said they will be teaming up with Novotel.

"Novotel will be doing the food and they're going to pair it with all of our gins and liqueur, which is awesome," she said.

"It's a great event, it brings lots of people into the town, into the region, which is such a positive thing for Tasmania."

The business has taken in Trail Graze since its inception and sees an uptick in sales and visitation whenever the event rolls around.

"It's got bigger ... the team from North by North West have definitely done a wonderful job with growing it," she said.

"For us it's liquor on lips, so people come and taste our product and they're usually not from this region, so for every person who tastes it, it means they're going to go away hopefully tell another person and that person's going to tell another person, so it's word of mouth for us."

Twelve producers are going the extra mile to impress with special events this Trail Graze.

Grape stomping at Meander Valley Vineyard, apple pie making classes at Spreyton Cider Co and sparkling wine Olympics at Eastwood Creek.

Mr Dornauf said he wasn't too sure what the latter would look like but to "sign me up".

"Some of them [events] are bookable if visitors want to guarantee their place, but others are flexible," Mr Dornauf said.

"So, if you get on the road and you're running late or the kids have held you back or something like that, you don't need to worry too much."

For more producer events and bookings across the weekend visit https://www.trailgraze.com/producer-experiences.