Pepper Tree was founded in 1991 and runs from a garden cellar door on Halls Road under owner John Davis and winemaker Jim Chatto. The house draws on four regions: Semillon and Shiraz from the Hunter, cool-climate whites from Orange, and Cabernet from Coonawarra and Wrattonbully, sold across Varietal, Single Vineyard and Platinum tiers.
Tastings step up from the $15 Limited Release flight of cellar-door-only wines to a $30 Single Vineyard tasting of seven wines, and the $40 Best of Four Worlds showcases the single-vineyard and Platinum wines from all four regions. There is a $15 gin flight made from estate grapes, and a grazing box to take onto the lawns. A large grassed area has a kids zone and dogs are welcome, which makes it an easy stop for families and groups, though there is no BYO food or alcohol. It opens seven days from 9am, and bookings are preferred, with walk-ins taken when there is space.
At this cellar door
- Tasting
- Cellar-door tastingBooking requiredBuy on site
- On site
- Picnic / grazing
- Who it suits
- Groups welcomeFamily-friendlyDog-friendly (Pet-friendly venue)
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Tasting experiences
- Limited Release Tasting$15pp
Seven easy-drinking wines from the vineyards, with staff guidance; some cellar-door-only.
- Single Vineyard Tasting$30pp
Seven single-vineyard wines from all four regions (Hunter, Orange, Coonawarra, Wrattonbully), redeemable on six or more single-vineyard bottles.
- Best of Four Worlds$50pp
Single-vineyard and Platinum wines from all four regions, poured young and aged side by side.
- Gin Flight
Handcrafted, bespoke gins made from estate grapes.
Bookings currently paused; price not published while the experience is offline.
How does this compare? See the Hunter Valley Cellar Door Price Index
The wines
| 2024 Varietal ChardonnayVarietal | $23 |
| 2022 Varietal ShirazVarietal | $23 |
| 2024 Limited Release 'Venator' SemillonLimited Release | $40 |
| 2024 Limited Release Red Hill ShirazLimited Release | $40 |
| 2025 Single Vineyard 'Alluvius' SemillonSingle Vineyard | $55 |
| 2025 Single Vineyard 'Venus Block' ChardonnaySingle Vineyard | $55 |
| 2022 Single Vineyard 'The Gravels' ShirazSingle Vineyard | $55 |
| 2020 Single Vineyard 'Elderslee Road' Cabernet SauvignonSingle Vineyard | $55 |
| 2022 Platinum 'Robustum' ShirazPlatinum | $95 |
| 2023 Platinum 'Kruger Vineyard' ShirazPlatinumBarossa Valley fruit. | $90 |
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Wine club
Wine club with Red, White and Mixed case options, sold direct to consumers.
The estate
- Winemaker
- Jim Chatto
- Ownership
- Owned by John Davis, who acquired Pepper Tree in 2002
Getting here & good to know
Pepper Tree Wines is at 86 Halls Road, Pokolbin, in the Hunter Valley wine country.
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Details last checked 2026-09-12.