Episode 8, Petersons Wines in the Hunter Valley, Winery
Wine For Blondes - Episode 41 - Cedars Mount View, in the Hunter Valley
I finally made it to Australia to commence my wine adventures Down Under. They start in an amazing location - Cedars Mount View in the Hunter Valley. New friends Jenny and Ray gave us an amazing welcome to the luxery cabins. We got to the hunter via helicopter from Sydney... simply amazing!
PETERSON HOUSE
Peterson House offers visitors the ultimate combination of breathtaking scenery, premium wines and exquisite food. Restaurant Cuvee features a modern Australian menu created from the very best seasonal produce. Cellar door manager Shane Henwood shares some of his personal favourites with us. With such spectacular scenery, Peterson House is the perfect place to host a special occasion.
My Favourite Red Wine from Australia - Peterson`s Mudgee Shiraz 2006
Recorded on October 24, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder.
Scarborough Wine Co, Hunter Valley, Australia : Our Home. Your Wine.
Welcome to the Scarborough Wine Co situated 2.5 hrs from Sydney in the beautiful Hunter Valley. In this video Sally and Jerome Scarborough introduce you to their home property on Gillards Rd, Pokolbin and show you why Scarborough Wine Co is considered as one of the leading producers in the Hunter Valley. Scarborough Wine Co -- the taste of Home Grown passion, proudly producing wines since 1987 and specialising in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Our two cellar doors offer unique, guided tasting experiences. Our Home. Your Wine.
24 HOURS in HUNTER VALLEY | GUIDE on THINGS TO DO in AUSTRALIA's oldest WINE REGION
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There's so much to do in Sydney, and if you ever run out of things to do (though highly unlikely), there is still a plethora of things to do. A couple hours drive from Sydney CBD is Hunter Valley, Australia's oldest and arguably most famous wine region. There is so much to do in the Hunter Valley, and whether you are looking to indulge, escape, or invigorate your senses, there is something for you.
Not too long ago, i spent a weekend in the Hunter Valley with a few of my friends, tasting a bunch of wine, eating a moderate amount of cheese and soaked in those beautiful vineyard views. I've complied a list of top things to do whenever you're in the Hunter Valley region, so if you're ever also in the area, here's a list of things you can also consider doing:
1. Stop over at Simply D'vine Cafe for some brunch food
Address:151 Wine Country Dr, Nulkaba NSW 2325, Australia
2. Alternatively, head over to Cafe Enzo for some hearty brunch
Rustic dining spot with a courtyard, coffee and Italian dishes cooked with locally sourced produce.
Address: Broke Rd &, Ekerts Rd, Pokolbin NSW 2320, Australia
3. Check out the Hunter Valley Chocolate Company
Petersons Champagne House corner Broke & Branxton Rd Pokolbin, Corrabare NSW 2325, Australia
4. Check out Hunter Valley Cheese Company
447 McDonalds Rd, Pokolbin NSW 2320, Australia
5. Go wine tasting at a plethora of vineyards & estates in the Hunter Valley:
i) McGuigan Wines, Hunter Valley
Address: 447 McDonalds Rd, Pokolbin NSW 2320, Australia
''A celebrated Hunter Valley winery offering boutique wines including the McGuigan Cellar Select Chardonnay 2017.''
ii) Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard, Hunter Valley
Address: 750 De Beyers Rd, Pokolbin NSW 2320, Australia
Rated by Gourmet Traveller Wine as one of the Top 10 Cellar Doors in the country, and the only one in NSW, our Cellar Door is perched atop a foot hill of the Brokenback Mountain Ranges, and is a true must see site of the Hunter Valley.
iii) Hanging Tree Wines, Hunter Valley
Address: 294 O'Connors Rd, Pokolbin NSW 2320, Australia
he Hanging Tree Wines Vineyard is perched on the most scenic ridge of Pokolbin in the sensational Hunter Valley, an easy 2 hour drive from Sydney and 40 minutes from Newcastle. Featuring a fully stocked cellar, prominent cellar door, luxury accommodation and access to a wide variety of attractions in the Hunter Valley, Hanging Tree Wines is your new home away from home.
6. Grab some comfort food at Kee Ho Restaurant, Hunter Valley
132 Vincent St, Cessnock NSW 2325, Australia
7. Head on over to the Hunter Valley Gardens
Hunter Valley Gardens is in the heart of Hunter Valley wine country, located in Pokolbin, NSW, Australia. It opened in 2003 and is now open everyday of the year except Christmas Day.
Address: 2090 Broke Rd, Pokolbin NSW 2320, Australia
Additional things to check out:
1. Muse Dining - Award Winning Hunter Valley Restaurant
Located at the entrance to Pokolbin in the iconic Hungerford Hill Winery, Muse Restaurant aims to be a showcase of Hunter Valley produce with an emphasis on seasonality and quality.
Address: 2450 Broke Rd, Pokolbin NSW 2320, Australia
2. Hot air balloon Hunter Valley
Multi-award winning Balloon Aloft has been offering Hunter Valley balloon flights for over thirty-five years. Hunter Valley balloon flights begin at sunrise and take in views of the picturesque wine regions of Pokolbin, Lovedale, Rothbury or Broke.
Address: 1/26 Lodge Rd, Lovedale NSW 2325, Australia
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Rose & Marcus | Highlights | Hunter Valley Wedding
Hunter Valley Winery - Saddler's Creek Wines
Situated in the Hunter Valley NSW Australia, Saddler's Creek Wines is a wine experience not to be missed.
Peterson Winery Review
First, meet the Peterson wine growing and wine making team --Fred and Jamie Peterson. They are down-to-earth, zero manipulation of the wine kind of guys! Then, see my reviews of the wines so you can get a sense of what the stuff tastes like! Enjoy!
Meet the McGuigans - Australian Wine Makers in Hunter Valley Winery
We meet the team behind the prestigious McGuigan Wines in Australia's Hunter Valley. Find their wines in our range of Australian Wines always available at
Neil: Hi, I'm Neil McGuigan. I run the vineyards, the wineries, and the wine making for McGuigan wines. The McGuigan family has been in the wine industry for a long time. Our great-grandfather was involved in the wine industry back in the last 1880's. Then really we started to get into wine making with my father, and that was in the early '40's when Dad was a winemaker for one of the major companies here in the valley. Then he started his own company which was called Wyndham Estate. He started that in 1968, and then my brother, Brian, joined him in 1970, and then we started the McGuigan brand in 1994.
Why we're passionate about wine. We love wine, because wine is an agricultural pursuit. It starts in the ground. You nurture a vine until it bears fruit, and then you take it from fruit into wine, and then you package it, and then you sell it. I suppose that's why we're passionate about it. It starts at the land, and finishes with the consumer, and we follow it all the way through.
Peter: Hello, my name is Peter Hall. I am McGuigan wines Senior Wine Maker at our Hunter Valley Winery. As a wine maker our main objective is actually to make the best possible wine that we can. I think that we're putting wines out there that really are a brilliant road at the cross point.
Neil: The 2010 vintage is upon us. We're about half way through across Australia. We're basically finished in the Hunter Valley, and the Semillon and the Shiraz this year have just been outstanding from the Hunter.
As we work our way across Australia the fruit from some ranges in the river land of south Australia are looking very, very good. The Barossa, we're about half way though the Barossa as well. It looks fantastic, has a big rich flavor, some reds. We're just about to start in the Adelaide Hills, and the Adelaide Hills are where we produce fantastic Sauvignon Blanc. The cool nights and the warm days we think are going to produce fantastic wines this year.
What do I like to drink? For everyday drinking, and I've got to say I like a glass of wine each day, I love our McGuigan Gray Label Chardonnay, not too much Merlot, a lovely delicate wine, lovely long palate. This is a sort of new style of Australian Chardonnay. When I'm having a meat dish, I love our Signature Barossa Valley Shiraz, beautiful wine.
Peter: The McGuigan wines had an absolutely fantastic year in the show circuit. We've won 14 trophies, 41 gold wines, 72 silver medals, and 160 bronze medals.
Neil: I think the future for McGuigan wines is very, very rosy. We have so many things happening in our wineries, and in our vineyards, which I believe will even make our wines better, and more prominent in years to come.
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TALLAVERA GROVE
The spectacular views from Tallavera Grove sets this property apart in the Hunter Valley. High quality wines, cottage accommodation and a chef-hatted restaurant are all part of the experience. The warm climate is perfect for growing the famous Hunter Valley Shiraz and Semillons. Once you get there, it’s not hard to see why this place takes your Hunter Valley journey to a whole new level.
Harvest Bin Drop
Morgan Twain-Peterson MW - Winemaker & Owner of Bedrock Wine Co. - drops off bins for the 2017 harvest at Montecillo Vineyard.
Shot & edited by Matt Nelsen
American Winemaker Series: Tegan Passalacqua
The heritage of California wine unfurls across its benchlands as an encyclopedic array of gnarly old vines. They tell the stories of pioneering immigrants – and, in turn, the stories of their homelands. They quietly stand, many in plain sight, speaking of terroir in a time before appellations. Few winemakers have been as adamant in the defense of these living time capsules – and as progressive in sharing their stories – as Tegan Passalacqua.
A third generation son of Napa, but the first winemaker of his family, Tegan navigates the state’s diverse Zinfandel plantings as if they were in his childhood backyard (and some, more or less, are). He does so as the winemaker of Turley Wine Cellars, a title that falls short of fully describing the enormity of his endeavor. With an unwavering commitment to organic viticulture and the preservation of old vines – tenets of the Turley ethos since its founding in 1993 – Tegan oversees more than fifty vineyards in twelve counties, many of which are singularly celebrated in one of Turley’s some three dozen bottlings.
Tegan’s preservationist hunger does not end with his workday. There is Kirschenmann, a vineyard he owns in Mokelumne River, Lodi, which was planted to ungrafted, head-trained Zinfandel in 1915. There is the Historic Vineyard Society, an organization committed to the preservation of historic vineyards through education, of which Tegan is a co-founder.
And then there is Sandlands. A quiet project enwrapped in cultish fever, Sandlands is a rigorous and ongoing engagement with the head-trained, dry-farmed, own-rooted, old vines of California. It is a catalog of Tegan’s tireless study, a vehicle for his insatiable pursuit of a future for the past.
Driving in the Hunter Valley
Driving in the Hunter Valley on the way to the Sting concert.
Kelman Winery - Hunter Valley
Kelman Wines is located in the Hunter Valley and allows for tastings of it Award-winning wines.
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The Alphabet of Wine - Hunter Valley
JAMESSUCKLING.COM - My Vlog: 2006 Tyrrell’s Hunter Valley HVD Semillon
After arriving in Australia, I went for a quick lunch at Molines restaurant in Mountview and met Mike Bennie, a respected wine writer. He said my first wine in Oz had to be this on the wine list: 2006 Tyrrell’s Hunter Valley HVD Semillon.
Robert Craig Winery: Cabernet Sauvignon ~ Elevated
Cabernet Sauvignon ~ Elevated. A 5-minute overview of Robert Craig Winery's award-winning, small-production mountain & hillside Cabernet Sauvignons from premier Napa Valley vineyards, including Affinity Bordeaux-style Cabernet blend and Cabernets from Howell Mountain, Mount Veeder and Spring Mountain. These cellar-worthy, structured and stylish Cabernets convey a unique personality derived from the soils, climate and varietal characteristics of each growing region.