Thomas Wines – Braemore Vineyard, Pokolbin, Hunter Valley Ken Bray, Andrew Thomas & Daniel Thomas

Thomas Wines – Braemore Vineyard, Pokolbin, Hunter Valley

In Pokolbin, at the heart of the Hunter Valley, Braemore Vineyard thrives as a 55-year-old testament to semillon’s quiet power. First planted in 1969 across six hectares of a 10-hectare property, this shrine to semillon – worked by Ken Bray and father–son duo Andrew and Daniel Thomas – turns out grapes that bottle a region’s soul. Lively and fresh in its youth, Thomas Wines’ Braemore Semillon is burnished by time to achieve great depth in its later life as the Cellar Reserve Braemore Semillon. The Braemore vineyard is a place where ancient vines, river-wrought soils, and a family’s steady hands weave wines brimming with place.
Vinden Wines – Somerset Vineyard, Pokolbin

The Hunter Valley’s Somerset Vineyard has been responsible for some landmark wines, from back in the days of Maurice O’Shea in the first half of the twentieth century, then later for Lindeman’s at its peak in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, as well as supplying fruit to Len Evans as he reshaped the Australian wine landscape. Today, Angus Vinden tends 22 hectares of vines dedicated to his family’s eponymous label, with the Hunter stalwarts of shiraz and semillon leading the way alongside verdelho, chardonnay, chenin blanc, gewürztraminer, fiano and tempranillo. Vinden has given this historic vineyard a new lease of life through a transition to organic and regenerative practices, with organic certification the ongoing goal.

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