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.…
A huge success for our Hunter Valley restaurateurs at The National Good Food Guide 2018 Awards evening in Sydney this week. Congratulations to Troy Rhoades-Brown with Muse Restaurant’s 2 hats and Muse Kitchen 1 hat. Margan Family Wines Hunter Valley received 1 hat, and Bistro Molines 1 hat. Read more #aroundhermitage #huntervalley #visitnsw #goodfood #foodawards
“A convoy of 30 Porsches will drive from Sydney to Pokolbin via the Putty Road this Sunday to support the state’s largest paediatric centre. The charity drive has been organised by Porsche Centre Parramatta, in aid of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, with 100 per cent of the entry fee to be donated to the…
HUNTER VALLEY has been NOMINATED for the AUSTRALIAN TOP 10 DESTINATION Awards. Please click here to include your vote! Thank you. http://woobox.com/wcq5vc #aroundhermitage #huntervalley
RidgeView and Thomas Wines emerged as the big winners in the Hunter Valley Boutique Wine Show awards last night at Crowne Plaza. RidgeView picked up a major double, winning best white wine of show for their 2009 Semillon, and the Karl Stockhausen Trophy for their 2014 chardonnay. Thomas Wines produced the best red wine of…
Mitchell Library and the Hunter: Bob’s Blog Standing in the courtyard of Estate Tuscany at the opening of the Hermitage Road Cycle Way on 30th August 2017, I mentioned to George Souris, Chairman of the Hunter Valley Wine and Tourism Association, that we were overlooking the old Rothbury Estate owned by David Scott Mitchell (1836-1907)…
Signage boost for the Hunter Valley Wine Country Cessnock City Council has been allocated $1.25 million under the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) for a $2.5 million Hunter Valley Wine Country Tourism Signage Implementation Project. The $481.6 million BBRF supports the Australian Government’s commitment to create jobs, drive economic growth and build stronger regional…
Hunter Valley Cycleway Officially Opens OFFICIAL OPENING OF HERMITAGE AND BROKE ROADS UPGRADE AND CYCLEWAY Member for Upper Hunter Michael Johnsen MP will join with the Mayors of the Singleton and Cessnock Councils for the opening of Hermitage and Broke Roads upgrade and cycleway. WHEN: 11am, Wednesday 30 August 2017. WHERE: Estate Tuscany, Mistletoe Ln…
Vignerons in the New South Wales Hunter Valley have expressed concern country wine regions will miss the benefits of a multi-million dollar federal investment in Australia’s wine industry. The $50m Export and Regional Wine Support Package (ERWSP) was announced in the 2017/18 federal budget. More than $30m of that money will be spent on promoting…
Local and visiting bike lovers have a new safe place to ride in wine country with the opening of a multi-million dollar upgrade to Broke and Hermitage Roads. The project included improvements to Hermitage Road and Broke Roads, a 10.6 kilometre cycleway and installation of tourist facilities including an information bay. The concept was a joint initiative between Cessnock and Singleton Councils. The councils combined to…