Hunter Valley is beautiful! It's real countryside, with sprawling vineyards covering the hills. And I was lucky enough to travel through the valley and stop and visit 3 of the many wineries. And all 3 provided a wine tasting session...
First up was McGuigan Wines.
I got a tour of the factory and saw the presses and the huge fermenting barrels. The biggest one is 54,000 litres, which converts to 72,000 bottles!!
Drayton Family Wines was vineyard #2 And they provided 9 wines to taste - and not in a small measure either, it was almost half a glass. Wine gets me very drunk very quickly, so by this point I'm feeling substantially pissed!
A stop for lunch and then onwards to Wynwoods Estate. By wine #23 we are all starting to get pretty rowdy.
Until the 2 hour bus journey back to Sydney, where everybody fell asleep. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the free flowing wine meant we made friends quickly and had lots of interesting conversation!!
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