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Sydney Surrounds Hunter Valley Wineries
Wineries
The Hunter Valley is the oldest and the vastest wine-producing area in Australia. It lies on an area of 12,000 square kilometres. The Hunter was established over 150 years ago, and has now become the land of around 80 wineries, big labels as well as small, over the years. The famous names include Lindemans, McWilliams, Rothbury, Hardy's, Wyndham Estate and McGuigan. There are also old, established family concerns like Tyrells and Draytons who have been there over generations and small wineries like Simon Whitlam and Lakes Folly who have flourished over the years.
Ironically, though the range of produce is large, the output is rather small, amounting to only two percent of Australia's total produce. The full-bodied white wines, the red wines, and the ports from the Hunter Valley are superior. The Valley and its wines have attracted visitors since long ago. In fact, tourism in the Hunter Valley and the wineries of the Hunter Valley have been promoting each other and they have been attracting visitors to the Hunter in ever-growing numbers every year.
The Hunter is the most well-known and the premium wine-producing region of New South Wales. The region comprises of the Lower and the Upper Hunter Valley. Broke Fordwich is a sub-region. The most number of vineyards of the Hunter Valley is found in the Lower Hunter between Cessnock and Branxton. Pokolbin also has a large number of wineries.
