Participating Wineries for 2009

A selection of wineries from popular wine producing areas in New South Wales will also offer exclusive ranges of wines.Wine glasses with convenient neck straps will be available for purchase for $7 at dedicated stalls throughout the Festival Site. Wine can be purchased from each winery and is priced at $5 per glass.

Wine Logo Drayton's Family Wines
The Drayton Family now proudly celebrate over 150 years of fine wine making tradition carried forward by five generations.   
Wine Logo James Estate
James Estate continues a tradition started some 30 years ago when vineyard and winery practices were commenced on the estate property situated in the Upper Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. The vineyard is situated in the Upper Hunter Valley NSW, 10km from Rosemount Estate and 18km from Denman, a renowned quality vineyard area. Surrounded by the Wollemi National Park, James Estate enjoys an enviable position with sweeping views of the Goulburn River from our spacious cellar door sales and tasting area. The property and winery cover 1560 acres with planting capacity for 850 acres.
Kevin Sobels Wines Kevin Sobels Wines
Like his ancestors, Kevin Sobels, along with his wife Margaret and son Jason, share the same love and dedication of the industry, operating their Hunter Valley winery, which proudly bears their family name. Their winery continues an unbroken, Australian wine making tradition, now over 150 years old.
Wine Logo Lindemans Wines
One of the oldest and most respected wineries in the Hunter Valley.
2007 Hunter Semillon
2006 Hunter Chardonnay
2004 Coonawarra Limestone Ridge
1999 Hunter Sparkling Shiraz
Wine Logo McLeish Estate
Established in 1985 McLeish Estate has produced many Gold and Trophy Award winning wines, asserting themselves as one of the Hunter Valley’s most Awarded Boutique wineries.
Arrowfield Estate
Arrowfield Estate
Situated in the Upper Hunter Valley wine region, Arrowfield Estate's multi award vineyard and winery focuses on making high quality premium wines. They combine classic wine making with technological mastery.
Meet their friendly and knowledgable team and enjoy an outstanding range of wines.
Briar Ridge
Briar Ridge Vineyard
Established in 1972, Briar Ridge Vineyard has built an enviable reputation as being one of the finest boutique wineries in the country. Situated in the Mount View region of the Hunter Valley, Briar Ridge produces award winning wines of outstanding quality. Winemakers Mark Woods and Karl Stockhausen combine their talents to produce unique varietal wines with layers of flavour and character, from the easy drinking blends that we all enjoy, through to the premium styles that can be cellared and will improve with age.
WIne Logo Pepper Tree Wines
The great diversity of elevation, climate and topography offer vineyard sites suitable for a wide range of grape varieties from Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling in the coldest sites to Shiraz and Cabernet in the warmer.
Wine Logo Peterson Champagne
Life's flat without bubbles
Petersons Champagne House specialises in sparkling wine and is situated in the Hunter Valley.  Our sparkling range is extensive and consists of our easy drinking Pink Blush through to Premium blends.
Polin Wines

Polin & Polin

In 1993 Michael and Lexie Polin bought an 850 acre property outside Denman in the Upper Hunter Valley. With rolling hills rich in red clayey loam, the property was ideal country for a vineyard. A few years later, the family planted 15 acres of Shiraz grapes. The Upper Hunter’s dry, hot summers are complemented by a rainshadow below Limb of Addy Hill where the vineyard is planted. This dry pocket protects the vines from seasonal rains and has created the optimum conditions for producing exceptional quality fruit.
Today our family produces five wines all with a distinctive Hunter aroma from their select vineyards. They have named their wines in honour of our colonial history and of the prisoners that have forged our country into what it is today.
Tamburlaine Wines Tamburlaine Wines
Tamburlaine is Australia’s largest organic wine grape grower from Vineyards in Orange and the Hunter Valley, NSW.  We are featuring quality wines from our Gestalt and Members Reserve Range
Rosemount Estate

Rosemount Estate
In just over 30 years, Rosemount Estate has established itself as one of Australia’s leading wineries, producing a selection of fine wines that reflect the riches of the Australian climate and terrain. 
Rosemount Estate offer an impressive collection of Single Vineyard, Premium Regional and Classic Varietal wines that are the envy of the Australian wine industry and the toast of wine enthusiasts the world over

De Bortoli Wines
DeBortoli Wines Pty Ltd
De Bortoli Wines is a third generation family wine company and has expanded into some of Australia’s best known wine regions across Victoria and New South Wales including the Yarra, King and Hunter Valleys from its original base in Bilbul, in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales.

Delight in the fresh sparkling flavours of the new Emeri range from De Bortoli and transform the everyday into a truly unexpected moment. One sip makes life so very Emeri.

 
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Moothi Estate
The Mudgee region is flanked on three sides by the Great Dividing Range, hence its Koori name, Moothi, meaning 'nest in the hills'. The Moore family developed the vineyard in 1995 and have been producing their own award-winning, premium, boutique wines since 2002. Along with Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, we offer two perfectly balanced red blends, as well as Chardonnay & Semillon.

 

Robert Oatley Vineyards
Robert Oatley Vineyards
Robert Oatley Vineyards marks Bob Oatley's return to the winemaking business. The winemaking company began in 2006, evolving from seven of the family's existing vineyard sites in Mudgee – properties that had been retained since the sale of Rosemount Estate.
Bob Oatley's homestead and home-block vineyard in Mudgee adjoin the historic Montrose property, comprising a superb vineyard and the region's largest winery, which was purchased in 2006 to serve as the family's winemaking headquarters.
Two brands were immediately introduced: Wild Oats and Robert Oatley, closely followed by the re-launched Montrose range. The Australian-exclusive Wild Oats brand has proven a great success. Within two years, Australian wine drinkers had voted with their palates, placing the brand among the nation's top-selling wines. Critics also praised the wines, noting their refreshing, varietally-true taste and admiring the contemporary packaging.