Wine House Hunter Valley

Nice place to stop for a bit of DIY wine tasting. You get provided with the glasses and a book to read up on what wines are available, you have a card to spend $30 on tastings from the machine. Some of the best wines from The hunter included in the tastings. You can then grab a glass or bottle of wine and sit outside and enjoy the lovely quiet bush scenery. We also ordered a cheese platter to go with our wines 🙂

This place is terrific. I’ve been visiting since 2015 and a club member since 2019 so maybe a bit biased. Of course I’d probably not stay a member for so long if it wasn’t so great. On this visit, Tonia looked after us and was the perfect host. Knowledgeable about the wines and wineries, helpful, and friendly. We partook in the Iconic tasting which allows us to sample a number of top tier wines of our choosing. I love the self serving enomatic system! All the cellar doors are great in the Hunter but I just love that a visit here allows me to try wines from a number of different wineries. With so many different varieties, it’s great and you feel like you’ve done the whole Hunter. Great central location and the tasting room has a great atmosphere and is in a beautiful spot with bushland surrounding. Add it to your Hunter itinerary, you won’t regret it!!

My partner and I visited the Wine House and were not disappointed. From the time we walked in, we were made welcomed by Adam and Phoebe who showed us around and set us up for some wine tasting and a bite to eat. They were so down to earth knowledgeable, funny and engaging. We walked away with a few of our favourite wines 🍷 and an enjoyable experience. While we were there, work was being done outside in the gardens to plant a variety of Indigenous bush tucker plants.. what a fantastic idea! We will definitely be coming back and letting our friends know about this place! Thank you to Adam and Phoebe for making our visit a memorable one ❤️ see you next time :)

Side Bar for Cold Chisel & Co on Saturday night - a very civilised alternative to being at the concert next door. Sound was great, staff were friendly, & wine was delicious (and much more reasonably priced than at the concert!). We had seats under cover (out of the rain) with Indian food & brownies for dessert. Lots of fun 🤩

Amazing service Shannon ran our tasting absolutely lovely but both the ladies were fantastic

I did a wine tasting & lunch in a group of 7. Our host, Shannon was excellent. It was fun and the wines did not disappoint. For me the Margan Albarino was outstanding. Wine House is a great way to taste many wines from small winemakers in the Hunter. It never disappoints.

We visited Wine House on Saturday to pick up our members pack and whilst we were there Tonia spoilt us with a Chardonnay flight tasting. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Needless to say, we brought home some more Chardonnay. Tonia is super friendly, Lovely to chat to and will make you feel really welcome. Highly recommend :)

A very pleasant experience doing a wine tasting complemented by a grazing board. We visited on a warm, sunny day, and it was lovely sitting outside. The place is very quiet, and while not the prettiest location in the Hunter, it feels like a million miles away from everything, which was exactly what we needed. They seem to have a solid selection of local wines. We ordered 2 wine flights of 4 wines each - red and white, with tasting notes. It was a fun experience, although the wines we tried weren’t that extraordinary. The mezze gazing board looked good and had some delicious nibbles to go with the wine. Their website claims the boards are sufficient as lunch for most people - I wouldn’t recommend skipping lunch if a grazing board is all you’re relying on. The lady who served us was very friendly and happy to accommodate. Overall, a very chilled experience, suitable for those times when you just need to escape the crowds.

In terms of just wines, this is my favourite place in the Hunter (after 2 visits). In terms of "whole experience", the tasting at Scarborough might just take it by having food, a more "theatrical" tasting, and a slightly more impressive location. The idea is pretty simple: as per the name, small winemakers doing interesting things are stocked. And there is a lot of choice. Nothing I tasted was boring or mainstream, one of the semillons might be the closest but its nose of butter pastry and jackfruit was definitely quite a departure from the norm of grassy passion fruit. I did not know people did Barbera or Sangiovese in the Hunter, but they do and it's glorious. And for once the people selling the wine know about the wine. The philosophy of the house is that everybody has different tastes and everything they stock is good, so they shy from making strong recommendations and encourage you to try things you do not recognise. It's a good idea especially with that list. Just schedule a chunk of time, and explore and let your tastes and the experienced staff guide you. I noted Epicure, the cafe next door, has lovely outdoor seating shielded from the horror that is Roche (Tempus Two etc.) by a thick row of trees well padded with rushes. It's just off the busiest street but completely quiet with only the rustling of gums and the odd water bird in courtship. I've saved the address for our next trip, and it will be tough for other wineries to compete for my luggage space with what's on offer here.