The Hunter Valley Cheese Company makes its cheese on the premises on McDonalds Road at Pokolbin, and sells it from a factory store stocked with local produce and picnic supplies, with a window onto the make room. Book a seat in the tasting room and you are guided through five artisan cheeses with housemade accompaniments for $26.50, or the same five matched to wine and chocolate for $56.50 over an hour. A shared cheeseboard is $34 if you would rather graze than sit a formal tasting.
A few Saturdays a year a cheesemaker of thirty years runs a two-hour hands-on workshop for $200, where you make cheese, taste a flight of eight while yours ripens, and take two of your own home with a starter kit. The store trades seven days from 9am to 5.30pm. Walk-in tastings run daily but capacity is tight in busy periods, so pre-book online to be sure of a seat.
At this attraction
- Tasting
- Cellar-door tastingBooking requiredBuy on site
- On site
- Masterclasses
- Who it suits
- Family-friendly
- Getting there
- On shuttle route (Roche Estate)
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What’s on offer
- Cheese Tasting$26.5pp
A seated, guided selection of five artisan cheeses made on site, with housemade and local accompaniments.
Available 9am to 4.45pm daily. Upgrade to seven cheeses on the booking page.
- Hunter Valley Cheeseboard to share$34pp
Four cheeses of your choosing with artisan crackers, breads and a housemade accompaniment, served in the tasting room.
Available 10am to 4.30pm. Upgrade to five cheeses on the booking page.
- Perfect Pairing: cheese, wine and chocolate$56.5pp
Five cheeses served at peak ripeness with crackers, housemade chutney, olives and a caramelised onion and olive oil blend, each matched to a wine and a chocolate.
Available 10am to 5pm daily. Non-alcoholic options are available.
- Small Batch Cheesemaking Workshop$200pp
Two hours of hands-on cheesemaking with a cheesemaker of thirty years, a masterclass of eight cheeses with eight matched beverages while yours ripens, two finished cheeses to take home and a home cheesemaking kit.
Scheduled sessions only. In 2026, Saturday 25 July and Saturday 7 November, 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Getting here & good to know
Hunter Valley Cheese Company is at 447 McDonalds Road, Pokolbin, in Hunter Valley. It is a short walk from a stop on the iHop Hunter Valley hop-on wine shuttle (Roche Estate stop), so you can visit without driving.
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Details last checked 2026-07-25.