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The Hunter Valley is home to some of the best wineries in all of Australia, and it’s truly no surprise, particularly because it is one of the largest and oldest wine regions in the country. And just like the Hunter Valley wine region itself, Tintilla Estate Wines has an interesting and impressive history of winemaking….
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Date: 7 Days 10:30 am – 5:30 pmPrice: we offer $5 ahead tasting of 4 wines, a $10 ahead tasting of 8 wines and there is a VIP Tasting – wine, olive & cheese tasting at $15 ahead. Our tasting experience is available for groups of up 8. If you have a larger group please email…
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Sherry was the standard aperitif when I was a lad and when working in the UK years ago, it was always offered to the woman while the real men drank Scotch! We have moved on from that time and yet there are some interesting connections associated with wine of the past. I will come to…
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Our French Provincial Long Lunch is finally back. Healed every year, on a Sunday in March. Once again, Chef Matt Dillow will prepare a French inspired menu to complement our selection of wines. Come join us for a leisurely lunch on our deck overlooking the vineyard. To book, simply go to the Book a Tasting…
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At 90 years and still going strong Karl Stockhausen has lived through and contributed to the renaissance of the Hunter Valley wines. Appropriately a small gathering of friends gathered at the McGuigan/Peterson resurrected Ben Ean – the site of the old Lindemans to wish him a happy birthday. Julz Van de Berg organised a night…
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“Just wondering if you can do the next dinner, the rest of the year is taken but you missed the Christmas dinner and there is just one spot left – February.” An offer I couldn’t refuse! Like many of our friends in Pokolbin Wine Country, we have been involved in planning such dinners for years…
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By any other name would it taste the same? Bob’s Blog Rosé has become THE recreational drink of choice over the last few years, not just in Australia but worldwide, a global phenomenon. Amazingly there has been a 35% year on year growth in this intriguing little wine which just goes to show how perceptive…
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Not enjoying the humidity that comes with a Hunter Summer? Well, you may not know it, but the vines are – not so much the risk of mildew infection, which we spray to avoid, but the protection the humidity gives them stopping them from drying out and shriveling. One key reason the enhanced flavours from…
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At a recent family celebration, I opened a bottle of Grand Cru Classe wine bought in Saint Emilion back in 1979! It was a Tertre Daugay 1964 and to our great surprise, it was still a very sound wine with those wonderful characteristics of an aged Merlot. Now you probably haven’t heard of this wine…
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We recently went to an important event in the Rothbury, Wilderness Road Cemetery, not a place I would normally hang about in. However, it was a gathering of people from the Hunter wine growing community present to see the unveiling of the seventh Cairn dedicated to significant historical sights and events in the area. An initiative of Brian…
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