James Winery Hunter Valley

The james estate cellar door on hermitage road at pokolbin in the hunter valley is wonderfully accessible from sydney and newcastle.

James winery hunter valley. The business is one of a number of companies linked to print and wine entrepreneur david anthony james which collapsed in 2013 with reported debts in the tens of millions of dollars. James halliday helped to found this hunter valley winery in 1970. The first plantings in the hunter valley date back to 1823. James estate spreads across multiple sites in the hunter valley region our cellar door and guest house in beautiful pokolbin and winery vineyard in baerami with plantings dating back to 1968.

Hunter valley accommodation located on the james estate pokolbin property in the hunter valley our guest house positions you in the heart of the hunter on hermitage road. It s a terrific setting for a winery and cellar door surrounded by the 200 plus acres of estate vineyards. The first major planting in the hunter valley came in 1825 when james busby widely considered the father of australian wine purchased vineyard land between the settlements of branxton and singleton and named it kirkton after his scottish birthplace near edinburgh in 1831 busby travelled extensively throughout europe and south africa collected cuttings from over 500 vineyards including six. Some of the region s early settlers include george wyndham william kelman and james king but it was james busby who was responsible for bringing almost 500 vine cuttings from europe and south africa to the hunter valley.

See one of australia s most loved wine producing regions and go to three local wineries for tastings. Now you can be among the first to experience those icons in brokenwood s highly. Prominent hunter valley vineyard and winemaking operation james estate wines has been sold 16 months after it was placed into receivership. Explore the highlights of the scenic hunter valley area without having to worry about booking transport as round trip transfers in an air conditioned vehicle are included.

Wine lovers this is the one for you. Since then brokenwood has consistently been recognised for its exceptional wines with notable labels including the graveyard vineyard shiraz and the ilr reserve semillon. Carolyn has a strong passion for the entire property managing the winery operations including baerami and denman cellar doors she has big plans for the james estate wines future.