Hunter Olive Centre

Hunter Valley


Tucked behind Pokolbin Estate Vineyard, this stone cottage offers dozens of local gourmet products to buy or try on little squares of bread – oil, tapenade, chutney, jam etc. You buy a bag of bread for 50¢, then help yourself from the tasting samples arrayed around the room.


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