Hungerford Hill has stood on the corner of Broke Road since 1967, and Sam Arnaout has owned it since 2016. It is easy to spot: the tastings happen inside a barrel-shaped Tasting Room above an underground cellar. Guided tastings start at $10 and lean on cool-climate fruit from the Hunter, Hilltops and Tumbarumba, with age-worthy Semillon and Shiraz at the core and the EPIC Shiraz as the flagship red.
Food is a real reason to come. Muse Restaurant has held a chef's hat every year since 2015 and two since 2022, and the $60 Epic Tasting matches premium wines to bite-sized Muse dishes, while the $100 Hungerford Lunch is a two-course share meal with six wines, Tuesday to Saturday with a day's notice. There is a Sculpture Courtyard and lawn for a relaxed glass or a picnic rug. It sits on the wine shuttle route, which makes it an easy anchor for a day without the car.
At this cellar door
- Tasting
- Cellar-door tastingWalk-ins welcomeBuy on site
- On site
- Dining on site (Muse Restaurant)Picnic / grazingEvents programme
- Who it suits
- Groups welcome
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Tasting experiences
- Guided Tasting$10pp
Staff guide you through a selection of wines chosen to suit your taste in the barrel-shaped Tasting Room.
- Epic Tasting Experience$60pp
A mini-degustation of premium Hungerford Hill wines matched to bite-sized dishes created by the two-hatted Muse Restaurant.
- The Hungerford Lunch Experience$100pp
A share-style two-course lunch with six wines expertly paired. Available Tuesday to Saturday with at least 24 hours notice.
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Food & stay
Muse Restaurant
| Sun – Tue | Closed |
|---|---|
| Wed – Sat | 6pm – 10pm |
Opened by chef Troy Rhoades-Brown in 2009. Awarded a chef's hat every year since 2015 and two hats since 2022. Bookings on (02) 4990 0715.
The wines
| 2026 Classic Verdelho Hunter ValleyClassic Series | $30 |
| 2023 Classic Shiraz Hunter ValleyClassic Series | $45 |
| 2019 SV Semillon Hunter ValleySingle Vineyard Series | $60 |
| 2023 SV Chardonnay TumbarumbaSingle Vineyard Series | $70 |
| 2022 SV Tumbarumba Pinot NoirSingle Vineyard Series | $70 |
| 2023 Sweetwater Estate ShirazSweetwater Estate | $70 |
| 2022 'Heavy Metal' Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon | $60 |
| 2023 EPIC ShirazFlagship Hunter Valley Shiraz. | $170 |
No wines in this style are listed.
Wine club
The Hungerford Hill Wine Club.
The estate
- Ownership
- Owned by Sam Arnaout since December 2016
Getting here & good to know
Hungerford Hill is at Broke Road, Pokolbin, in the Hunter Valley wine country.
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Details last checked 2026-09-12.