Pokolbin is located in
the heart of the Hunter Valley. This area is well known
for its world
class
wines
with several being well over one hundred
years old. Pokolbin is Australia's oldest commercial Wine Producing Area
with many large and small boutique wineries.
The vineyards of the Lower Hunter a paradise
for wine lovers. It is a picturesque area with vines
covering the rolling green hills. And for those who
have no interest in viticulture there are
many tourist activities apart from wine tasting available
including browsing quaint antique shops, sampling the
local produce in the many fine restaurants, hot
air ballooning, wine tasting, golf and horse riding.
Pokolbin is not
a town as such. There is no central point and it is more
an area
bisected
by a number of roads along which house picturesque vineyards and complimentary
businesses, including accommodation, restaurants,
galleries,
nurseries,
and gift shops.
Vineyards began
to become a serious business in Pokolbin from
the late 1870s but the depression of the 1890s dealt
the
industry
a blow which was further crippled by
the influx of cheaper wine from South Australia.
It was not until the 1960s that the wine industry
of the Lower Hunter really began to boom.
The area's
wineries and other venues are very well sign posted
at every major intersection. Maps of the vineyard locations
are also available from the local information centres.
Wineries open to the public include:
Mount View Road Wineries - Mount View
Estate, Jackson's Hill
Vineyard,
Petersons, Briar Ridge Vineyard, Farrell's
Limestone Creek Vineyard
Marrowbone Road Wineries - McWilliams
Mount Pleasant Winery, the first vineyard was established
here in the 1880s, supplying local vignerons with wine grapes but it was not
until the 1920s that wine making on the property began.
Pokolbin Mountain
Road Wineries - Reg Drayton
Wines, Tinklers Vineyard
McDonalds Road
Wineries - Hungerford Hill, Lindemans, Pokolbin Estate
Vineyard,
Tamburlaine Wines, Brokenwood
Broke Road Wineries - Oakvale
Winery, Chateau Francois, Tyrrells Winery,
Blaxlands Winery, Kevin Sobels Wines, Lake's Folly, the Hunter
Valley Wine Society
Gillards Road
Wineries - Honeytree Estate Wines, Scarborough Wines,
Constable
and Hershon Vineyards
Palmers Lane
Wineries - Little's Winery,
Carindale Wines, Moorebank Vineyard, Calais Estates
Halls Road Wineries -
Peppertree Wines
Hermitage Road
Wineries - Hardy's Hunter Ridge Wines, The Hunter Estate
Winery and Cellars, The Hunter Resort, Mistletoe Wines,
Montagne
View Estate
Old North Road
Wineries - Pendarves
Estate,
Murray Robson Wines,
Deasys Road Wineries -
Marsh Estate,
Terrace Vale
Wilderness Road
Wineries -
Fraser Winery, Sandalyn
Wilderness
Estate, Wandin
Valley
Estate
Lovedale Road
Wineries - Capercaille
Wines, Allandale
Winery
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