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Hope Estate
On the site of the late Len
Branxton,
Wyndham Estate Evans’ former winery,
The Rothbury Estate,
Hope Estate hosts dinners
Black Creek in the winery’s cask hall, as
well as open-air concerts.

The Convent
Belbourie A restored 1909 convent
is now an elegantly
appointed guest house,
with the Pepper Tree
vineyard and winery
and Circa 1876 restaurant
only a short walk away.
Sutherland
Branxton Road
Allanmere
Rothbury
Mcdonalds Road
Lake’s Folly
Australian growers stopped planting
Palmers Lane
Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the 19th
Calais Peacock century. But in the 1960s, former owner
Estates Hill Max Lake reintroduced the variety.
First Creek
Brian Greta
McGuigan
Glenguin
Tower
Estate
Allandale Kelman Vineyard
Tamburlaine This boutique vineyard Tips for Travellers
Tulloch nestles on a quiet corner near Distance from Sydney: 160 km
Oakey Creek Mount View. It grows Sémillon, (100 miles).
Debeyers Road Chardonnay, Shiraz, Muscat and Duration of journey: About
Pokolbin Creek Tempranillo grapes to make 2 hours from the centre of Sydney.
traditional premium wines. Getting there and back:
Take the Sydney–Newcastle F3
O’Connors Road
freeway north of Sydney and
follow the signs to Cessnock.
Another route is through the
Oakey Creek Road Allandale Road
picturesque Wollombi Valley.
Allow about 3 hours as there
are unsealed roads.
When to go: Year round. The
Marrowbone Road Kurri kurri best grapes are harvested
Saddler’s Mount View Road between January and March.
Creek Cessnock Where to stay and eat: There is
a wide variety of motels, guest-
Briar Sydney houses, self-catering cottages
Ridge and cabins, cafés and restaurants.
Bellbird Creek Wollombi Road Visitor information: Hunter
Valley Wine Country Tourism,
455 Wine Country Drive,
Pokolbin. Tel 4990 0900.
∑ winecountry.com.au
Key Further afield: The Upper Hunter
Bellbird vineyards are about 40 minutes
0 kilometres 2 Main road by car northwest of Pokolbin.
0 miles 1 Unsealed road
Wollombi,
Sydney For keys to symbols see back flap
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