Through the Lens: Hunter Valley

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!

• Tatler Cafe
• Harrigan's Irish Pub
• Pokolbin Food and Wine
• Firestick Cafe

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

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