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Turning two at Hunter Valley

Hoorah! A mini weekend getaway to celebrate the office's second birthday.

Friday 11.30am, last week, we all hopped on a coach to Hunter Valley. Two and a bit hours later, we wined and dined at Pepper Tree Vineyards, Tamburlaine, Petersonhouse, Hunter Valley Chocolate Company, Harrigan's Irish Pub and Oishii Restaurant! Talk about an action-packed weekend.

So... at the first wine tasting, I bought a lush dessert wine... it was sweet as honey: 2005 Boytrytis Semillon. I must admit though -I'm not at all a wine expert. After a while, they all taste the same. Here's what we swirled, sniffed, gargled and sipped...

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Pepper Tree Wines

At Pepper Tree Wines:
Whites
2006 Limited Release Hunter Semillon
2004 Reserve Wrattonbully Chardonnay
Reds
2005 Limited Release Hunter Shiraz
2002 Coonawarra Classics
Fortified
2005 Limted Release Botrytis Semillon
2004 Limited Release Wrattonbully Liqueur Merlot


Next was Tamburlaine Organic Vineyards. Ooh, so do organic wines give you less of a hangover? Apparently so, if drunk in moderation... because of its low sulphur dioxide content.

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: organic cheese plate with Morphys' chutney at Tamburlaine Vineyards

Along with the wines, we had the pleasure of nibbling on some organic cheeses and chutney. Wine tastes so much better with food.


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Tamburlaine, growing organically

Tamburlaine, growing organically...


All throughout Hunter Valley were cute gardens and cosy cottages. Outside Petersonhouse were these adorable lanterns and garden chairs...

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Petersonhouse, lanterns and garden chairs


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: lovely cottages and cute gardens


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley, private tasting at Petersonhouse, sparkling wine... cheers

Cheers! [L - R] Xiaohan, May, Karen, me, Adam & Hazim


Inbetween the wine tasting, I craved something solid and starchy... so at Harrigan's Pub, we ordered 2 giant servings of wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce and another 2 giant bowls of fries with tomato sauce. The wedges weren't anything fancy... but they definately were cut the perfect size. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce at Harrigan's Pub

Wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce (Harrigan's Pub)


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Hunter Valley Chocolate Company

Chocolates at the Hunter Valley Chocolate Company


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: chocolates on display at the Hunter Valley Chocolate Company

And more chocolates on display...


A full day of vineyard hopping left me exhausted. Here's the view from our room at Harrigan's Pub. You never get to see this much of the sky in Sydney.

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: view of vineyards from our room at Harrigan's Pub


Dinner was at 8. Oishii Restaurant sits within Tempus Two's ultra-modern landscape. However, the food was average... so I didn't bother with any notes. Photos are below if you're still interested.

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: dinner at Oishii Restaurant

Oishii Japanese & Thai Restaurant


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: toast

Sally makes a toast


And then Ben, Hazim, Adam and Mat decided to see what gravity could do to their face...

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: gravity pulls you down

Pepper Tree Wines
Halls Road, Pokolbin
Phone: (02) 4998 7539
Web: www.peppertreewines.com.au

Tamburlaine Vineyard
358 McDonalds Road Pokolbin
Phone:: (02) 4998 7570
Web: www.tamburlaine.com.au

Peterson Sparkling Wine House
Corner of Broke Road & Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin
Phone: (02) 4998 7881
Web: www.petersonhouse.com.au

Hunter Valley Chocolate Company
Corner of Broke Road & Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin
Phone: (02) 4998 7221

Harrigan's Pub
Broke Road, Pokolbin
Web: www.hvg.com.au/harrigans_pub.asp

Oishii Japanese & Thai Restaurant
Tempest Two Winery, Pokolbin
Web: www.tempustwo.com.au

More pics & bits on Hunter Valley below.

RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Mat, Ben and Dani

Mat, Ben & Dani @ Pepper Tree Wines private tasting


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Adam with his Gummi Fries

Haha, Adam posing with his gummi fries


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Mat, Xiaohan, Ben, Dani, Vinny and Jayne

Mat, Xiaohan, Ben, Dani, Vinny & Jayne @ Tamburlaine Wines private tasting


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Harrigan's Pub

inside Harrigan's bistro


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: night sky

the night sky


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: sparkling wine at Petersonhouse

sparkling wine at Peterson House


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Hazim and Xiaohan

Hazim & Xiaohan


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: chocolate company, pink flamingo ganache

pink flamingo ganache


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: duc l'orange

duc l'orange


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: penguins marching, mango ganache

penguins marching... mango ganache


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: chilli ganache

chilli ganache


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: passionfruit rock

passionfruit rock


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: my bag of chocolate goodies

my bag of chocolate goodness


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: pool at Harrigan's Pub

the pool


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Oishii Restaurant, chicken stir fry with cashew nut and chilli jam

chicken stir fry with cashew nut & chilli jam


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: jayne and nitin

Jayne & Nitin


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: fried ice cream with caramel sauce

fried ice-cream with caramel sauce


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: on the bus, Tim, Dani, Ben and Nat

on the bus... Tim, Dani, Ben & Nat


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Pint sized gummi fries

pint sized gummi fries


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: tamburlaine organic wines

Tamburlaine's organic stuff


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: chocolate display

chocolate display


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: golf ball chocolates

golf balls


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: honey and orange Koala ganache

honey and orange Koala ganache


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: chilli truffles

chilli truffles


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: inside chocolate company

chocs and more


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: coffee beans with 90% cocoa

coffee beans with 90% cocoa


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: macadamia crunch

macadamia crunch


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Pepper Tree Wines, Botrytis Semillion

Botrytis Semillon


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: evening sky

the evening sky


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Oishii Restaurant, curry puff

curry puff


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Oishii Restaurant, tempura prawn sushi

tempura prawn sushi


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Oishii Restaurant , garlic prawns

garlic prawns


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Oishii Restaurant, green curry

green curry


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Oishii Restaurant, teriyaki salmon

teriyaki salmon


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Oishii Restaurant

here's half of us...


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: me, Adam and Hazim at Oishii Restaurant

me, Adam and Hazim acting cool


RMG Connect Sydney  turns two - celebrations at Hunter Valley: Sally, Kate and Ash at Oishii Restaurant

Sally, Kate and Ash


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  • Comments

    I haven't done the whole hunter valley winery tour yet, hopefully i will do one soon though, cause that looks really good. I swear wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli is the best thing to ever be invented!

    You know i was just here the other day thinking about how much i love Pepper Tree wines...I wish Jacky would go with me to HUnter Valley but he's no fun (doesn't eat cheese or drink wine!).

    Hey Susan, this was my first time to the Hunter Valley... and i'll definately be back. Good food and good wine!!

    Hi Emily... I finally opened my bottle of Bortrytis Semillion tonight! It was so sweet and luscious. Perhaps you could bribe Jacky with the food and chocolate factory :-P

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