A day out in Hunter Valley

Top things to do in Hunter Valley

• Audrey Wilkinson

  A$20 · Mount View · about 60 min

  Hilltop cellar door with a 360-degree view over the vineyards.

• Pepper Tree Wines

  A$20 · Pokolbin · about 60 min

  Tastings in The Vault, Pepper Tree's Pokolbin cellar door.

• Tyrrell's Wines

  A$20 · Broke Road · about 60 min

  One of the Hunter's oldest family wineries, famous for semillon.

• Usher Tinkler Wines

  A$20 · McDonalds Road · about 60 min

  A glass-walled tasting room facing the Brokenback Range.

• Hungerford Hill

  A$20 · Broke Road · about 60 min

  A large modern cellar door on Broke Road.

• Lake's Folly

  A$15 · McDonalds Road · about 45 min

  A small, historic estate; open only until each year's wine sells out.

Wine tasting in Hunter Valley

• Audrey Wilkinson (Mount View, A$20): Hilltop cellar door with a 360-degree view over the vineyards.
• Pepper Tree Wines (Pokolbin, A$20): Tastings in The Vault, Pepper Tree's Pokolbin cellar door.
• Tyrrell's Wines (Broke Road, A$20): One of the Hunter's oldest family wineries, famous for semillon.
• Usher Tinkler Wines (McDonalds Road, A$20): A glass-walled tasting room facing the Brokenback Range.
• Hungerford Hill (Broke Road, A$20): A large modern cellar door on Broke Road.
• Lake's Folly (McDonalds Road, A$15): A small, historic estate; open only until each year's wine sells out.

Tasting fees and cellar door hours change. Book ahead and organise a driver.

Where to eat

• Café breakfast in Pokolbin (Pokolbin, around A$25): Cafés at the Hunter Valley Gardens village and on Broke Road.
• Winery lunch in Pokolbin (Pokolbin, around A$50): Many cellar doors have restaurants; book ahead.

Day trips from Hunter Valley

Typical weather in Hunter Valley

Approximate long-term averages, not a forecast.