After a month enjoying the best food and wine the region has to offer, this year's record-breaking Winter F.A.W.C! is done.
In its fourth year, food and wine events were spread across four weekends in locations throughout Hawke's Bay, with the final event last night.
Tourism Hawke's Bay general manager Annie Dundas said she was delighted with how the month-long event had gone, which was ahead of all previous years in terms of revenue, and ticket sales.
"In its fourth year people know what it's all about and it's something they're starting to look forward to in June, which is usually a quiet month," she said.
Most of the 50 events had been sold out, with 96 per cent of tickets sold - a record for the Winter event. When the event was only halfway through, Ms Dundas said she had already known the turnover for ticket sales would exceed last years.