Pokolbin 50 years on…”and the rest is history” AROUND HERMITAGE POKOLBIN HUNTER VALLEY·WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2018 Having a quiet drink and pizza at Peter Drayton’s new Brewhouse on a Friday evening I was pleasantly surprised to be given a copy of the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner’s Advocate, May 1967. This had been handed to…
We have all been there before experiencing a hot summer. Pokolbin is said to derive its name from the Hungarian Pokol which means purgatory or hell. Early European vinedressers who made their way here in the 1840/50s thought the summers were “Hot as Hell”. A theory expressed in Max Lakes book Hunter Wine Makers based…
Not surprisingly most of us who enjoy good food also love a good bottle of wine to go with it. Sometimes we have the opportunity of having extended experiences of enjoying the two over a long lunch or dinner. Our local Legends Lunch, organized by Ian Napier, is held at a number of Pokolbin restaurants…