Toasting the Clyde Wine and Food Festival yesterday are (from left) Amy and Brad Mason, of Invercargill, abstinent Jake Holder (7), and his father Nathan Holder, of Waimahaka. PHOTO: JARED MORGANOrganisers of the Clyde Wine and Food Festival were as blown away by the response to it as they were by the elements yesterday. Gusty northwesterly winds did not seem to hamper the event for the bumper crowd, some saying the wind took the edge off the heat experienced in the past at the annual Easter Sunday fixture. While the punters were unfazed, for those vendors operating food and beverage stalls and trucks, as well as market stall-holders it was a different story. "The stall-holders have been clutching their tents and bottles because of the strong wind gusts."

Source: Otago Daily Times April 04, 2021 16:37 UTC