Hunter Valley Wine Tour - Self-Guided GPS Audio Guide

Drive the Hunter Valley yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks Australia's oldest wine region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point — Cessnock, Pokolbin, Broke or Lovedale — choose the cellar doors you want, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 84 narrated stories cover 62 cellar doors and the people behind them: as you roll into Pokolbin you'll hear how James Busby stepped ashore in the 1820s carrying vine cuttings gathered across France and Spain, and how every Australian wine region that followed traces its genetics back to that single act. No group, no schedule, no guide — pause for a long cellar-door lunch, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops on the back roads toward Broke. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are booked and paid directly with the wineries.

1. 1

   Cessnock

   30 min

   The gateway town to the Lower Hunter and the default starting point for the drive.

2. 2

   Pokolbin

   30 min

   The heart of the Lower Hunter - a plateau of deep red volcanic basalt sheltered by the Brokenback Range, and Shiraz country.

3. 3

   Tyrrell's Wines

   30 min

   Edward Tyrrell bought this Broke Road block in 1858; his great-grandson Murray made Australia's first great varietal Chardonnay, Vat 47, here.

4. 4

   Brokenwood Wines

   30 min

   Founded on McDonalds Road in 1970 by wine writer James Halliday and a group of Sydney friends, and home of the Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz.

5. 5

   Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard

   30 min

   De Beyers Road cellar door and one of the benchmark labels named for long-term Hunter Semillon cellaring.

6. 6

   Drayton's Family Wines

   30 min

   One of the Hunter's founding family dynasties, still pouring on Oakey Creek Road in Pokolbin.

7. 7

   Tulloch Wines

   30 min

   Another of the Hunter's enduring family names, on De Beyers Road in Pokolbin.

8. 8

   Keith Tulloch Wine

   30 min

   Hermitage Road producer whose Semillon is among the labels to seek out for cellaring.

9. 9

   Tempus Two Wines

   30 min

   Zinc-clad, angular cellar door founded in 1998 by Lisa McGuigan as a deliberately modern take on Hunter wine.

10. 10

    Hunter Valley Gardens

    30 min

    Forty hectares of eight themed gardens in Pokolbin, created by Bob and Sally Oatley in the 1990s.

11. 11

    Margan

    30 min

    Milbrodale Road estate in Broke, where lighter alluvial soils give Semillon of exceptional finesse.

12. 12

    Lovedale

    30 min

    Quiet transition-zone country north of Pokolbin, producing elegant Semillon and Chardonnay and home of the May Lovedale Long Lunch.

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• By giving your phone number you agree to receive up to 2 texts from Wine Trails about this booking (your tour link and a tour-day reminder)
• Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency: max 2 texts per booking. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help
• Before you travel: download the free Wine Trails app (iOS or Android) and create your account while you are on wifi

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.