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Our Legend’s lunch this month featured white wines from Germany and reds from northern Italy, just across the border as it were. We really couldn’t think of any serious reds from Germany! The question was asked as to why it took so long for Italian reds to be appreciated in Australia. It may be that…
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…
Get to know: Belford National Park … for visitor photographers and wildlife enthusiasts and 15 minutes travel from the Around Hermitage Wine and Food Trail and accommodation venues. Belford National Park is located between Maitland and Singleton with an area of 294 hectares. Belford National Park protects a significant stand of remnant vegetation on the…
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…
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. 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…
Hunter Valley Gardens’ 2017 Christmas Lights Spectacular gets underway on Friday, November 3 Christmas lights switch on this Friday More than two million lights will be switched on at Hunter Valley Gardens this Friday to signal the beginning of the annual Christmas Lights Spectacular. The Christmas Lights Spectacular debuted in 2007 and has drawn tens…
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 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…