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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
A huge success for our Hunter Valley restaurateurs at The National Good Food Guide 2018 Awards evening in Sydney this week. Congratulations to Troy Rhoades-Brown with Muse Restaurant’s 2 hats and Muse Kitchen 1 hat. Margan Family Wines Hunter Valley received 1 hat, and Bistro Molines 1 hat. Read more #aroundhermitage #huntervalley #visitnsw #goodfood #foodawards
“A convoy of 30 Porsches will drive from Sydney to Pokolbin via the Putty Road this Sunday to support the state’s largest paediatric centre. The charity drive has been organised by Porsche Centre Parramatta, in aid of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, with 100 per cent of the entry fee to be donated to the…