Libby and Lils Grand Opening!

LIBBY & LILS CELEBRATES WITH A GRAND OPENING EVENT Pokolbin NSW  – Libby and Lils is proud to announce its grand opening on 2 December  2017. Sue Gleave and Natalie Morley, owners of Libby and Lils, have 15+ years of experience in the Hunter Valley running successful businesses in Holiday Home rentals and Interior Styling.…

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day, Concord Hospital, 2017 “Passchendaele 1917” Robert Lusby AM “The bodies of the fallen were consumed by the mud rising up to engulf them”, noted Winston Churchill referring to the horrors of the Western Front. Words I clearly recalled when seeing the bodies of the victims of the genocide in Rwanda. Half buried in…

Christmas Lights Switch On

Hunter Valley Gardens’ 2017 Christmas Lights Spectacular gets underway on Friday, November 3 Christmas lights switch on this Friday More than two million lights will be switched on at Hunter Valley Gardens this Friday to signal the beginning of the annual Christmas Lights Spectacular. The Christmas Lights Spectacular debuted in 2007 and has drawn tens…

NSW Wine Awards 2017

The 2017 Pier One Sydney Harbour NSW Wine Awards top trophy results were announced yesterday at the gala Presentation Lunch at Pier One Sydney Harbour. 18 trophies in total were handed out to the state’s best wines and winemakers, whilst guests from the wine industry, tourism industries and NSW Government enjoyed a stunning selection of…

Olives in a wine environment

About 25 years ago, not long after buying our block on Hermitage Road, I was invited to help write a book on Carotid Artery disease (my special interest) on the island of Cyprus by Professor Andrew Nicolaides of London, a Greek Cypriote. It was a successful collaboration and importantly for me, an introduction to the…

Hunter Valley Unique Wine

Campaign to encourage more visitors to Hunter Valley Wine Country

Hunter Valley Wine Country tourism operators are throwing their support behind a major destination marketing campaign worth around $600,000, to encourage more visitors to NSW’s leading wine making region. The Hunter Valley Wine and Tourism Alliance will approach Destination NSW with $300,000 in pledges, and ask it to match the funding dollar-for-dollar, and develop a major destination marketing campaign.…