Set along a quiet road in Broke Fordwich, with Wollombi Brook on one side and the Brokenback Ranges rising beyond the vines, Greenway Wines is the kind of place you could easily drive past if you weren't looking for it.

Christmas is arriving early in Hunter Valley Wine Country this year with the Hunter Valley Gardens Christmas Lights Spectacular, the biggest and brightest Christmas lights display in Australia, flicking the switch on Friday 30 October, giving families even more time to make it part of their festive season.

Spring has well and truly arrived in Pokolbin. The vines are pushing out fresh green leaves, the paddocks are full of life, and there's no better time to gather the family and head to Hunter Valley Resort + Farm. Spread across 100 acres on the corner of Hermitage Road and Mistletoe Lane, this is the kind of place where everyone finds their own way to fall for Wine Country.

Savannah Peterson grew up surrounded by some of the Hunter's most traditional wines. At Savannah Estate, she pours the ones that surprise people.

In an accommodation industry increasingly dominated by large property management portfolios and online booking platforms, Hunter Valley Holiday Homes is deliberately taking a different approach, specialising in exceptional group accommodation for 14 to more than 30 guests.

It's easy to write off the last few months of the year. Between work wind-downs, school events, and Christmas catch-ups, fitness often gets pushed to "January." But the final stretch is one of the best times to build habits that stick. Here's how the team at Huntlee Fitness recommends making it count.

Spring in the Hunter Valley always brings two kinds of fresh growth. Out in the vineyards, tight green buds unfurl into leaves, and the first tiny flower clusters form on the vines. Inside the cellar doors, the newest wines are making their way onto the tasting bench. This year, that second arrival deserves a little extra fanfare, because the 2026 vintage is shaping up as something special.

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At Molly Morgan Wines in Lovedale, history is quite literally part of the tasting. Look across the 12 acres of vines towards the Brokenback Range, and you are standing in a landscape that carries the name of a woman whose extraordinary story is woven into the history of the Hunter Valley.

The Balloon Aloft Hunter Valley Fiesta is back for its thirteenth year, taking over Pokolbin skies this October Long Weekend, 3-5 October.

The Hunter Valley is about to become home to Australia's largest integrated resort wellness precinct, with Avani Cypress Lakes Resort set to launch in a staged rollout from October 2026.

From 12 to 27 September, the Wollombi Valley turns into an open-air gallery for the Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival, a biennial event and one of NSW's longest-running and largest-scale regional arts festivals since it began in 2002.

As the vines at Lam Bloch Estate show the signs of 'budburst' - the arrival of spring leaves on the vines, Sabor in the Hunter Dessert Bar is shaking off winter and settling into its favourite season.

Walk into any gym, and you'll see people doing all kinds of exercise: lifting weights, running on a treadmill, stretching out on a mat, or taking time to recover.

Ask any Hunter Valley winemaker what their most popular and best selling wine is, and there's a good chance a glass of rosé will land in your hand before you've even asked. Not because it's trendy, but because it offers a refreshing, versatile middle ground between heavy red wines and light white wines, paired with a strong aesthetic appeal - a symbol of carefree, stylish outdoor gatherings.