New South Wales

Wineries
“Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” Finally I had to tell Tracie and Stan to keep it down or else we would not go at all. We ventured into the Hunter Valley Wine region and decided that with 144 wineries 4 breweries, 3 cheese shops and 2 chocolate factories that this is where we should hang out. We went into the nearest village of Cessnock which is not so quaint and had horrible hotels for crazy prices and decided to seek an alternate. Tracie called a Bed and Breakfast called the HILLTOP RESORT on 200 acres of beautiful vineyards, paddocks, pastures and lakes and stayed there for 2 nights while we planned to sample as many of the wines that we could legally drive to. The Hilltop was less expensive than any of the crappy motels and it included breakfast for 7 people. This was definitely a 2 night stopper. Australian wine at its best. The award winning Peppertree winery was the best we sampled but really it would take a solid 4 months of tasting to sample them all. Next trip is now planned. Anyone interested?