Australia's oldest continuously operating wine region, north of Sydney, famous for long-lived Semillon and medium-bodied Shiraz.
History
James Busby, often called the father of Australian wine, planted vines at Kirkton in the 1830s, and families such as Lindeman, Drayton and Tyrrell (from 1858) followed. The Hunter's warm, humid summers and harvest rain shaped a unique style of lighter, earthy reds and delicate whites.
Its closeness to Sydney made it one of Australia's most visited wine regions, and Tyrrell's released one of the country's first varietal Chardonnays in the early 1970s.
Wines of Hunter Valley
Hunter Semillon, picked early and low in alcohol, which ages over a decade into toasty, honeyed complexity. Medium-bodied, earthy Shiraz, Chardonnay and Verdelho are also signatures.
Climate
Warm and humid, with summer rain
Producers in Hunter Valley
- Pepper Tree Wines (159 wines)
- Tamburlaine Organic Wines (129 wines)
- Hungerford Hill (114 wines)
- Tyrrell’s Wines (102 wines)
- Bimbadgen (101 wines)
- Vinden Wines (91 wines)
- McGuigan Wines (90 wines)
- Carillion Wines (88 wines)
- Cassegrain Wines (87 wines)
- Margan Wines (84 wines)
- Ravensworth (83 wines)
- Briar Ridge Vineyard (79 wines)
- Lowe Family Wine Co (78 wines)
- Saddler's Creek (78 wines)
- First Creek Wines (75 wines)
- Brokenwood (72 wines)
- Audrey Wilkinson (70 wines)
- Drayton's Family Wines (68 wines)
- Pokolbin Estate (66 wines)
- Peter Drayton Wines (61 wines)
- Tempus Two Wines (61 wines)
- Tulloch (58 wines)
- Mount Pleasant (56 wines)
- Mount View Estate (55 wines)
- Meerea Park (54 wines)
- Keith Tulloch Wine (51 wines)
- Logan Wines (51 wines)
- De Iuliis (48 wines)
- Gundog Estate (47 wines)
- David Hook Wines (46 wines)
- Molly's Cradle (44 wines)
- Hollydene Estate (43 wines)
- Leogate Estate Wines (43 wines)
- Mount Eyre Vineyards (43 wines)
- Mistletoe Wines (42 wines)
- See Saw (42 wines)
- Tower Estate (42 wines)
- Iron Gate Estate (41 wines)
- Rosemount Estate (Hunter Valley) (41 wines)
- Cockfighter's Ghost (40 wines)
- Gartelmann Wines (39 wines)
- BackVintage Wines (38 wines)
- Krinklewood Biodynamic Vineyard (38 wines)
- Oakvale (38 wines)
- RidgeView Wines (38 wines)
- Thomas Wines (38 wines)
- Capercaillie Wines (36 wines)
- Claymore Wines (36 wines)
- Pooles Rock (36 wines)
- Stonefish (36 wines)
- Arrowfield Estate (35 wines)
- James Estate (35 wines)
- Kelman Vineyard (33 wines)
- Latitude 32 (33 wines)
- McLeish Estate Wines (33 wines)
- Molly Morgan Wines (33 wines)
- Saltire Estate (33 wines)
- Glenguin Estate (31 wines)
- Wandin Valley Estate (30 wines)
- The Rothbury Estate (29 wines)
- Glandore Estate (28 wines)
- Lisa McGuigan Wines (28 wines)
- Horner Wines (27 wines)
- Savannah Estate (27 wines)
- Yarraman Estate (27 wines)
- De Bortoli (Hunter Valley) (26 wines)
- Mercer Wines (26 wines)
- Stonehurst Cedar Creek (26 wines)
- The Little Wine Company (26 wines)
- Jackson's Hill Vineyard (25 wines)
- Littles (25 wines)
- Penmara (25 wines)
- Richmond Grove (25 wines)
- Comyns & Co (24 wines)
- Eclectic Wines (24 wines)
- Ernest Hill Wines (24 wines)
- Catherine Vale Vineyard (23 wines)
- Hope Estate (23 wines)
- Tinklers Vineyard (23 wines)
- Whispering Brook (23 wines)
- Andevine Wines (20 wines)
- Charteris Wines (20 wines)
- Corduroy (20 wines)
- Eagles Rest Wines (20 wines)
- Ivanhoe Wines (20 wines)
- Parched Crow Wines (20 wines)
- Simon Whitlam & Co (20 wines)
- Lindeman's (Hunter Valley) (19 wines)
- Scarborough Wine Co (19 wines)
- Silkman Wines (19 wines)
- Tintilla Wines (19 wines)
- Two Rivers (19 wines)
- Hanging Tree Wines (18 wines)
- Inner City Winemakers (18 wines)
- Tynan Wines (18 wines)
- Stomp Wines (17 wines)
- Boydell's (16 wines)
- Emmas Cottage Vineyard (16 wines)
- Petersons (16 wines)
- Pierre's Wines (16 wines)
- Tatler Wines (16 wines)
- Terrace Vale (16 wines)
- Bonvilla Estate (15 wines)
- GREENWAY Wines (15 wines)
- Mabrook Estate (15 wines)
- Moorebank Vineyard (15 wines)
- Mt Vincent Estate (15 wines)
- Ballabourneen (14 wines)
- Hart & Hunter (14 wines)
- Robyn Drayton Wines (14 wines)
- Rothvale Vineyard (14 wines)
- Allandale Winery (13 wines)
- Blueberry Hill Vineyard (13 wines)
- Constable Estate Vineyards (13 wines)
- DEGEN (13 wines)
- Goldman Wines (13 wines)
- Horseshoe Vineyard (13 wines)
- Hunter's Dream (13 wines)
- Idle Hands Wines (13 wines)
- Nightingale Wines (13 wines)
- Travertine Wines (13 wines)
- Warraroong Estate (13 wines)
- Wynwood Estate (13 wines)
- Adina Vineyard (12 wines)
- Cruickshank Callatoota Estate (12 wines)
- Glendonbrook (12 wines)
- Jac & Jones (12 wines)
- Kladis Estate (12 wines)
- Talits Estate (12 wines)
- Tranquil Vale (12 wines)
- Wild Ren Wines (12 wines)
- Broke's Promise Wines (11 wines)
- Dalwood Estate (11 wines)
- Evans Family Wines (11 wines)
- Harkham Winery (11 wines)
- Majors Lane Wines (11 wines)
- Misty Glen Wines (11 wines)
- Postcode Wines (11 wines)
- Usher Tinkler Wines (11 wines)
- Calais Estate (10 wines)
- Camp Road Estate (10 wines)
- Lambloch Estate (10 wines)
- Lambs Valley Wines (10 wines)
- Marsh Estate (10 wines)
- Pendarves Estate (10 wines)
- Red Door Collective - RDC Estate (10 wines)
- Roche Wines (10 wines)
- Waverley Estate (10 wines)
- Winbourne Wines (10 wines)
- 1813 (9 wines)
- Cael’s Gate (9 wines)
- Cake Wines (9 wines)
- Colvin Wines (9 wines)
- Gunpowder Wines (9 wines)
- Honeytree Estate (9 wines)
- Lucy's Run (9 wines)
- Macquariedale Organic Wines (9 wines)
- Montvalley (9 wines)
- Mt Yengo Wines (9 wines)
- Running Horse Wines (9 wines)
- Sweetwater Wines (9 wines)
- Writer's Block/Noonji Estate (9 wines)
- de Capel Wines (8 wines)
- Dirt Candy (8 wines)
- Domaine de Binet (8 wines)
- Idlewild (8 wines)
- Lake's Folly (8 wines)
- Mount Broke Wines (8 wines)
- Noyce Brothers Wine (8 wines)
- Pyramid Hill Wines (8 wines)
- Sandalyn Wilderness Estate (8 wines)
- Worthington's Vineyard (8 wines)
- Camyr Allyn Wines (7 wines)
- Elbourne Wines (7 wines)
- James Edward Wines (7 wines)
- Monahan Estate (7 wines)
- Piggs Peake (7 wines)
- Polin & Polin Wines (7 wines)
- Rothbury Ridge (7 wines)
- Ascella Pure Wine (6 wines)
- Benwarin Wines (6 wines)
- Bilgavia Wines (6 wines)
- Black Creek Farm (6 wines)
- Broke Estate/Ryan Family Wines (6 wines)
- House of Certain Views (6 wines)
- Kurrajong Vineyard | KV Wines (6 wines)
- McKelvey Estate (6 wines)
- Midnight's Promise (6 wines)
- Pangallo Estate (6 wines)
- Peacock Hill Vineyard (6 wines)
- Riggs & Wiggs (6 wines)
- Tin Soldier Wine (6 wines)
- Undercliff (6 wines)
- Winmark Wines (6 wines)
- 201 (5 wines)
- AEON (5 wines)
- Balmy Nights (5 wines)
- Belford Block Eight (5 wines)
- Boatshed Vineyard (5 wines)
- Chateau Pâto (5 wines)