Hunter Valley

Hunter Valley Chardonnay: Exploring Meerea Park’s Captivating Elixir

Just as the pendulum swings, consumer’s palates oscillate from grape to grape and style to style. Sometimes, it’s seasonal, but…

10 months ago

Lake’s Folly; a small winery making big waves

When the management consultants decreed that “diversification is the key to risk management”, Lake's Folly founder, Max Lake, clearly missed…

3 years ago

Semillon – versatile, vivacious and under-valued

Semillon hails from the French region of Bordeaux where it is grown alongside the more popular Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle.…

3 years ago

Gwyn Olsen: Art or Oenology?

Head winemaker at Peppertree wines in the Hunter Valley produces a drop arguably more art than oenology..... There’s a place…

4 years ago

Meerea Park Indie Rousanne 2018

Australia's take on a French classic is best found in the South It may seem counter-intuitive to many of us,…

5 years ago

Orange is the new pink

According to the well known Charles Caleb Colton aphorism, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Or for the Oscar…

5 years ago

Tempus Two

It's what's inside that really counts In our globalised, digitalised and highly commercialised world, there seems to be a view…

6 years ago

Meerea Park a five-star delight

As Australia’s oldest wine region and having some of the world’s oldest grape vine root-stock, the Hunter Valley success story…

7 years ago

World Class wines in the Hunter Valley

The Hunter Valley, less than a couple of hours northwest of Sydney and 45 minutes due west of Newcastle, has…

7 years ago

Andrew Thomas, Braemore Semillon 2014

Once upon a time, the Hunter Valley produced enjoyable wines that only became top shelf once you got past the…

10 years ago