Around the Vineyard

Spotlight on the Hunter Valley, New South Wales This established wine region offers a few suprises with its new spirit of innovation, writes Samantha Payne in the latest issue of Gourmet Traveller. So, you think you know the Hunter? You've been there, done that, bought the semillon and you're done. With 180 years of wine...

THE De Iuliis 1988 vinous foray began with them selling their grapes to established wineries, then having own-brand bottlings made by contract winemakers and ultimately in 2002 production in a multimillion-dollar 1616 Broke Road, Pokolbin, complex. That high-tech winery, tasting rooms and sales area was built on a then-bistro and art gallery site and today...