What’s On!
Wednesday 23 September – Sunday 27 September
Explore the Around Hermitage Wine and Food Trail, perhaps hire a bike and travel along our newly constructed cycleway. Enjoy leisurely wine tastings and a lunch at one of our restaurants or cafes.
Experience immersive and fun activities at the cellar door, meet the owners and winemakers and hear their stories.
Saturday 26 September
1ST RELEASE SIGNATURE DINNER
Venue to be confirmed| Bookings Essential
Dinner matched with the 1st Release Wines, hosted by the vineyard owners and winemakers.
Taste and Play! Wine and Food Activities
DAILY 1ST RELEASE WINE TASTING AT SELECTED CELLAR DOORS
DAILY 1ST RELEASE WINE AND HUNTER VALLEY CHOCOLATE TASTING
Glandore Estate Wines | 02 4998 7140 | Bookings Essential
Hand-crafted chocolates by Adora make for the ultimate indulgence when paired with Glandore Estate’s hand-crafted wines in a guided experience.
DAILY 1ST RELEASE WINE TOUR
Two Fat Blokes Gourmet Tours | 0414 316 859 | Bookings Essential
Join an exclusive tour of the 1st Release wineries by small group mini bus. Use booking code 1STRELEASE valid for tours 25-29 September. Online bookings twofatblokes.com.au/tours
DAILY 1ST RELEASE TOUR BY ELECTRIC BIKE
Sutton Estate | 0448 600 288 | Bookings Essential
Visit the many wineries in motorised style and enjoy the wind in your hair and experience a tour at your own pace.
DAILY ENJOYING THE GOOD LIFE
Tintilla Estate and Olive Grove | 02 6574 7093
We offer a range of light alfresco platters to be enjoyed with our wines. We look forward to our guests joining us and living the good life! We have a meat and cheese plate, a cheese plate, spice and bread plate along with a bowl of olives and for a treat mini gelatos. We source our offerings from local producers such as the Binnorie Dairy for cheese and Branxton Butcher for salamis along with bread from Fawk’s Bakery. At Tintilla we make much of the produce ourselves such as home-made terrine, home-cured olives and a range of seasonal condiments. We look forward to our guests joining us and living the good life!
DAILY WINE THEATRE
Hunter Valley Resort | 02 4998 7777 | Bookings Essential
A visual experience in Wine Education. We take you on a learning experience with a bracket of 4 wines. Here we teach you how to taste front palate sweetness, acidity, and back palate tannins, and most importantly exercising your nose to appreciate the bouquet of wine
DAILY HUNTER VALLEY WINE SCHOOL
Hunter Valley Resort | 02 4998 7777 | Bookings Essential
A 2-hour tutorial – The structured wine tutorial covers: Where and how is wine made? What is its history? What are the grape varieties? How are they different? Blending – Why, and what does one look for with the bouquet, taste, and colour?
DAILY WINE ESCAPE ROOM
Sutton Estate | 0442 908 8020 | Bookings Essential
At the Wine Escape Room, we host real life escape games which are fun and engaging live action activities which take place in our specially designed room. Work together as a team to solve a series of puzzles that will test your logic, lateral thinking and ingenuity. The Wine Escape Room includes a wine tasting activity and wine smelling activity of some of the best wine in the Hunter Valley.
DAILY HORSE RIDING IN THE VINES
Hunter Valley Horses | 0431 337 367 | Bookings Essential
Giddy up! Enjoy the spectacular Hunter Valley from a truly unique perspective, admiring views of the breathtaking Brokenback Range, surrounding vineyards and farmland.
DAILY 1ST RELEASE PICNIC IN THE VINEYARD
Misty Glen Wines | 02 4998 7781 | Bookings Essential
Enjoy a gourmet picnic in the vineyard with a selection of Misty Glen’s 1st Release Wines. 11am-2.30pm
