The Hunter Valley’s Around Hermitage Wine and Food Trail is where matching food and wine in a relaxed setting is a wonderful experience. With the backdrop of the Brokenback Mountains the Trail boasts some of the best scenery and the most awarded Hunter Valley wineries and restaurants that the region has to offer. For a casual dining experience, you’ll find a number of bistros and cafes or head to one of the deli’s and try locally grown olives, artisan chocolates, cheeses and other delights. Visit an artisan brewery and a distillery producing a range of vodkas and gins. Taste With Us!
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Peter Drayton Wines
Peter Drayton Wines at Ironbark Hill Vineyard is home to a Cellar Door, Craft Beer Brewhouse, Chapel and Function Room, as well as on-site Accommodation - all on the one property.
Thomas Wines
Specialising in single-vineyard Semillon & Shiraz. Hunter Valley Cellar Door of the Year 2017.
Tintilla Estate – Produce
Come and enjoy a Hunter Valley Cheese platter with a glass of wine on our deck or sample our Vinegar, Vincotto, Verjuice, Relish’s, Olives & Olive Oils or Tapenade.
De Iuliis Wines
Grape varieties include - Shiraz, Semillon, Chardonnay, Verdelho, Merlot, Sangiovese, Tempranillo, Touriga Nacional, Cabernet Sauvignon. We also make Sparkling Wine, Late Picked Semillon and Rose.
Misty Glen Wines
Come to Misty Glen where you can taste and play!
Enjoy a friendly game of croquet or boules with family and friends on the lawn amongst the vines.
Book a picnic and enjoy a few wines from the Misty Glen Cellar Door.
Tintilla Estate Vineyard and Olive Grove
Tintilla Estate is passionate about producing distinctive, boutique, single vineyard wines with personality, that you can enjoy, and which reflect the Hunter terroir. Along with Olives and seasonal jam's.
Wombat Crossing Vineyard
Visit us and enjoy an unhurried, personalized sit-down tasting of our award winning single vineyard wines. Taste our vineyard in the glass.
James Estate Wines
The James Estate Cellar Door, on Hermitage Road, at Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley, is wonderfully accessible from Sydney and Newcastle.
Glandore Estate Wines
Glandore Estate is one of the must visit cellar doors in the Hunter Valley, known as a great way to experience not only wines from the Hunter but also from around NSW.
Ironbark Hill Brewhouse
The Hunter Valley’s newest Craft Beer Brewhouse, at Peter Drayton Wines. Featuring 8 beers on tap which are all brewed on site, as well as a restaurant.
jac & jones
jac&jones wines are handmade, off grid at our property on Hermitage Road. Small quantities made from local premium fruit with minimal intervention. You will find us operating "Lovely" our mobile bar at wine events and farmers markets.
Oakvale Wines
We are proud to be one of the oldest working wineries in the Hunter and are passionate about producing premium handcrafted wines that reflect both the region and our uncompromising approach to winemaking.
Restaurant Botanica
Restaurant Botanica is focused on seasonality and freshness, complemented by an award-winning wine list and stunning views of the mountain range and onsite vineyard. Join us in the restaurant, veranda or private dining room.
Piggs Peake Winery
The wines are distinctly different, with a firm focus on food friendly, innovative styles and huge reds. Open 7 days.
Hunter Wine Lab
Launched in 2020 by passionate Hunter Valley locals, Hunter Wine Lab is a place where tradition meets innovation.
RidgeView Restaurant
Using outstanding local produce, RidgeView offers a mouth-watering selection of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern inspired dishes, designed to be shared and enjoyed alongside our award-winning estate made wines.
Eclectic Wines
We are an online Cellar Door specialising in Hunter and renowned Regional Wines.
The Mill Restaurant
Tantalise your senses with blended culinary delights! The modern Australian menu is a minimum two-course order with choices to delight and please everyone’s taste, from ‘gourmet foodies’ to ‘traditional eats’. Catering for all special dietary requirements
Our Italian Table
Located in the beautiful Nicita Estate on Mistletoe Lane. Our Italian Table offers cooking experiences, Italian long lunches and twilight dinners amongst the vines with gorgeous views.
Two Fat Blokes Gourmet Kitchen
Perfect for a casual breakfast or lunch serving an amazing fresh range of local, Australian and International gourmet food. The Euro-deli has a wide range of cheeses, deli meats and gifts. New Cellar door!
Mistletoe Winery
Mistletoe Winery is not just a "Cellar Door", it is a genuine working winery and vineyard with all wine being made on site, our guiding principle being, “Quality without compromise”.
Black Creek Farm – Thélème Wines
Black Creek Farm - Thélème Wines is a family owned french provincial inspired Cellar Door, located only minutes from the heart of Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley.
RidgeView Wines
RidgeView is a family owned, boutique producer of award-winning, estate grown wines. We produce premium 100% Hunter Valley wines that are approachable whilst young, yet develop character with cellaring.
Keith Tulloch Wine
Keith Tulloch wines are hand-made with meticulous care, and epitomise the qualities of a boutique Hunter Valley wine company. We invite you to visit us and enjoy the whole KTW experience.
Red Door Collective Estate
RDC Estate is one of the smallest producers of wine in the Hunter Valley, producing high quality single vineyard wines.
Pokolbin Estate Vineyard
Belebula Vineyard, located on Old North Road in Pokolbin, was planted in 1999 to Tempranillo, Sangiovese and Nebbiolo, on a geological formation known as the Belford Dome of Limestone.
Brokenback Bar
Good Food Good Wine & Good Times!
The Brokenback Bar is styled to a tapas bar and wood-fired pizza menu, stop in for coffee and something sweet or indulge in the Movenpick ice cream cart.
Rothvale Vineyard and Winery
Discover the ‘true spirit’ of the Hunter Valley at our family operated boutique winery. We produce award winning classics of Semillon, Chardonnay, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from vines first planted in the 1970s.
Muse Kitchen
Muse Kitchen is a regional European Bistro style restaurant that is situated in the Keith Tulloch Wines courtyard. Muse Kitchen is busy, fun and relaxed.
Scarborough on Hermitage
Scarborough on Hermitage is another home for Scarborough Wine Co. This bright, modern space is one of the Hunter Valley's most exciting venues and offers a unique tasting experience.
Amanda’s On The Edge
“Amanda's offers magnificent views from every table - and that's just the food.”
McCaffrey’s Estate Cellar Door
McCaffrey’s Estate is family owned and operated, located on Hermitage Road in Pokolbin. We invite you to join us for a relaxed tasting of our single vineyard boutique wines, which are only available from our cellar door.
Hunter Distillery
Hunter Distillery Cellar Door is open 7 days a week, 10am – 5pm. We make and sell top shelf spirits, including Gin, Vodka, Liqueurs and Schnapps.
Hunter Belle Cheese Room
Taste the Hunters very own Hunter Belle Cheese. Gelato & Fudge. Enjoy Gourmet Cheese Platters & coffee in our Licenced Café. A great range of gourmet produce & giftware.
Degen Vineyard and Cellar Door
Experience the uniqueness of DEGEN premium 100% Hunter Valley single vineyard wine in every glass! Semillon, elegant Chardonnay and Shiraz made in French Oak, sold exclusively from our cellar door.
Peppers Creek Barrel Room & Chapel
Peppers Creek Chapel and Barrel Room offers all the romance and charm of a European Country Wedding. What could be more ideal than combining both your ceremony and reception at the same venue?
Hunter Farm Wines
49 wines from 10 local producers. Nowhere in the Hunter can you try so many wines all under the one roof.
Yellow Billy Restaurant
Focussing on the art of cooking over fire, Yellow Billy’s drawcard is a custom-made fire pit which will be used daily to cook proteins and vegetables.
Hunters Dream
Visit our newly opened cellar door and enjoy tasting some of the Hunter's finest award winning wines. Linger a while, relax in a comfy arm chair and absorb the magic of the estate from the panoramic full ceiling window.
4 Pines at the Farm
This is where the amazing Bluetongue Brewery story began back in 2001. Now known as the Matilda Bay Brewhouse Hunter Valley, only a glass wall separates you from the original brewhouse.