For the first time a section of Byng Street was closed and stalls were expanded out of Robertson Park onto the street and into the Southcourt area outside the library, museum and visitor centre.

Festival manager Charlotte Gundry said the expansion had a created a 'community friendly' area giving people more room and more seats.

She said she had received positive feedback about the change on Friday.

"The overall festival was very successful," she said.

Ms Gundry said the festival had achieved its aim of promoting Orange wine and wine businesses.

"I think that while it certainly hasn't been a festival that broke any records it has had a great feel to it," she said.

"There have been some really well-attended events."

Ms Gundry said the first event, the Orange Wine Show wine tasting event at the Hotel Canobolas attracted 300 people while 58 people had come from Sydney on the Vino Express train over the two weekends of the festival.

"They were a really great group on both weekends. It's a big ticket item, they are spending the best part of $1000," she said.

Ms Gundry said they experimented with moving the Wine in the Vines event, where customers toured several wineries by bus, from a weekend to a Friday.

She said it helped provide a weekday event and took pressure off cellar doors on a Saturday when they were normally busiest.

Ms Gundry said she had talked to Orange 360 general manager Caddie Marshall about continuing that event outside the Wine Festival.

"I've talked to Caddie about rolling it out more often," she said.

"Maybe over December and January. I think it's a good way of exploring the [wine] trails."

Ms Gundry said some events had been cancelled due to lack of bookings and the drought had probably had some effect on crowds.

She said the organisers would assess in detail how it had gone before making any changes for the next festival in 2020.

"We just got to make the event relevant. It's a highly competitive calendar [for tourist events] these days."

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