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…
While harvesting our Semillon I was asked by one of the pickers “how come Semillon does so well in the Hunter?” Well it was not by accident but as a result of keen observation and experiment in the early days of the wine industry that it emerged as a successful varietal in the Hunter. It…
We recently visited the very successful Hunter Distillery on Broke Road as part of an Around Hermitage Famil. It got me thinking about the role distillation has had in our history. The First Fleet’s arrival in Botany Bay on 26 January 1788 is not the only important event that has occurred on 26 January. In…