Enjoying my dessert wine from the verandah
Happy Saturday! I trust you will all have a fabulous weekend planned? As I embark on mine, I’ll leave you with a few miscellanous snapshots from my recent getaway to the Hunter Valley Wine Country in regional NSW, Australia. If only to prove that we did a little more than eat, drink wine and sleep!
Planning to head there this week? Then check out these other Hunter Valley Posts!
Have a great weekend!
Top-left: Brilliant sunrise en-route to Hunter Valley
Photo 2, 3, 4: Our Sunset Ridge cabin – secluded, private, picturesque, relaxing with incredible sunsets from our front verandah.
Hunter Valley Gardens
Proof that too much wine at Storybook Garden with Jack and Jill isn’t a good thing.
Incoming rain cloud at Lovedale
Wines bought within a couple of hours of arrival…and we haven’t even had breakfast yet!
Specialty roasters Bliss Coffee at Hunter Valley Garden Village
Bliss Coffee
Tea cups for sale at Bliss Coffee
Dinner! A selection of bries from Hunter Valley Cheese Company, smoked meats and pates from Lovedale Smokehouse and Morpeth Sourdough Ciabatta (available from The Smelly Cheese Shop)
Chocolate rocks from Hunter Valley Chocolate Company
Boiled lollies
Belgian Chocolate Buttons
Featured:
Hunter Valley Gardens
Broke Road
Pokolbin, NSW 2320 Australia
02 4998 4000
Open from 9 to 5:00pm ~ Monday – Sunday
Bliss Coffee
Shop 2, Hunter Valley Gardens Village
Broke Road
Pokolbin, NSW 2320
02 4998 6700
Hunter Valley Chocolate Company
Shop 5, Hunter Valley Gardens
Broke Road
Pokolbin NSW 2320
02 4998 7221
The Hunter Valley Cheese Company
McGuigans Complex
McDonalds Road
Pokolbin, NSW 2320
02 4998-7744
Open 7 days, 9am to 5:30pm
Hunter Valley Smelly Cheese Shop
Pokolbin Village
Broke Road
Pokolbin NSW 2320
02 4998 6960
Lovedale Smokehouse
located at Majors Lane Restaurant
64 Majors Lane
Lovedale NSW 2320
02 4930 7832
Open Thursday to Monday 11am-4pm
Billabong Moon (accommodation)
393 Hermitage Rd
Pokolbin NSW 2320
02 6574 7290
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Lovely photos! That sunrise looks glorious. Enjoy your weekend :)
Hehe I now what you got up to this weekend! Some Masterchef cake tasting right? ;)
Hi Jennifer – thank you so much!
Hi Lorraine – hehe you got me there!
You have very good picture of sweets and chocolate. I like them so much. Thank you for your sharing.