Wine Country News – Spring 2018
Bob gets to the bottom of Bud Burst.
Cookery for the Many Hunter Valley 2018
A great night at Cookery for the Many Hunter Valley Saturday 30 June 2018 Fantastic wines, food and a great film! at Hunter’s Dream Deasys Road Showcasing wines and beer from the Around Hermitage Wine and Food Trail Misty Glen Wines, Tintilla Estate, Wombat Crossing Vineyard, IronBark Hill Brewhouse Beer, Crisford Wines, Peter Drayton Wines, Pokolbin…
Braemore – The story of one of our country’s greatest vineyards
For almost 50 years, semillon vine trunks have grown out from the finely packed grains of earthen white sand that defines this part of Pokolbin. In the shadow of she oaks, which grow along the creek that divides the vines east to west, grapevine bark peels and splits away, forming rough fissures that twist and…
The Community is key to good wine making and wine tourism
We live in “interesting times” is a quote often mentioned to explain the challenges we face today. Yet it seems to me we live in a time when communities are breaking down and the support that comes with often evaporating. So how lucky are we in the Hunter wine and tourism industry to have a…
FLiCKERFEST Hunter Valley 2018
A great night at FLiCKERFEST Hunter Valley Saturday 5 May 2018 Fantastic wines, food and films! Showcasing wines and beer from the Around Hermitage Wine and Food Trail Misty Glen Wines & Cottage, Tintilla Estate, Macquariedale Organic Wines, Eclectic Wines, Wombat Crossing Vineyard, IronBark Hill Brewhouse, RidgeView, Crisford Wines, Peter Drayton Wines, Pokolbin Estate Vineyard Photos…
Libby and Lils Grand Opening!
LIBBY & LILS CELEBRATES WITH A GRAND OPENING EVENT Pokolbin NSW – Libby and Lils is proud to announce its grand opening on 2 December 2017. Sue Gleave and Natalie Morley, owners of Libby and Lils, have 15+ years of experience in the Hunter Valley running successful businesses in Holiday Home rentals and Interior Styling.…
A tasting of Hunter Valley Semillons has left W. Blake Gray in a terrible quandary
A tasting of Hunter Valley Semillons has left W. Blake Gray in a terrible quandary. I probably shouldn’t be writing this story. I don’t actually want you to start buying up older Hunter Valley Semillons. Maybe you should just stop reading right now and stick with white Burgundies. Along those lines, let me quote Sacramento retailer Darrell…
NSW Wine Awards 2017
The 2017 Pier One Sydney Harbour NSW Wine Awards top trophy results were announced yesterday at the gala Presentation Lunch at Pier One Sydney Harbour. 18 trophies in total were handed out to the state’s best wines and winemakers, whilst guests from the wine industry, tourism industries and NSW Government enjoyed a stunning selection of…
Hunter Valley Wins – Australian Traveller People’s Choice Awards
Hunter Valley Wine Country has just taken out Best Food & Wine Region and Favourite Regional Escape at the Australian Traveller awards today in Sydney . Our special People’s Choice Awards issue hits shelves today! Inside you’ll discover all the places that you, our reader, have told us where you’d love to go. From dream destinations to places…
Campaign to encourage more visitors to Hunter Valley Wine Country
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.…