Scarborough is a family cellar door built on the Chardonnay boom the Scarboroughs helped drive from their Gillards Road vineyard in the 1980s. The tasting room sits on a rise with a garden and views back across the vines, and Jerome Scarborough now makes the wine across the everyday Offshoot range, the Yellow Label Classics and the single-vineyard Obsessive wines.
Visits are seated, pre-poured flights of five with a matched cheese plate. The 30-minute tasting is $20, and you can theme it around Chardonnay, Semillon or the reds; the hour-long version runs $30 to $50 depending on the range, and there is a self-guided picnic tasting for two at $45 on the lawn. Non-alcoholic sparkling is on hand for drivers and children, and families are welcome, though it does not take hens or bucks parties. Serious Chardonnay drinkers can book the 90-minute Keepers of the Flame vineyard walk and tasting.
At this cellar door
- Tasting
- Cellar-door tastingWalk-ins welcomeBuy on site
- On site
- Picnic / grazingVineyard walk
- Who it suits
- Groups welcomeFamily-friendly
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Tasting experiences
- 30 Minute Tasting$20pp
Five 20ml pours with a cheese plate and tasting notes. Choose a Wine Lovers, Chardonnay, Red Wine or Semillon themed flight across the Offshoot, Classic and The Obsessive ranges. Non-alcoholic sparkling is available for drivers and children.
- One Hour Tasting$30pp
Five wines from your chosen range with a cheese plate and a Hunter Valley seasonal snack.
$30 Offshoot range, $40 Classic range, $50 The Obsessive range (served in Riedel glassware)
- Self Guided Picnic Tasting$45pp
Three 100ml bottles from the Offshoot and Classic ranges with cheese, crackers and dried fruit, plus two outdoor glasses, enjoyed on the lawn.
$45 for 2 people
- Keepers of the Flame Chardonnay Experience$90pp
A guided vineyard walk covering soil, biodiversity and sustainability, then a seated tasting of the Keepers of the Flame Chardonnays with a cheese plate.
How does this compare? See the Hunter Valley Cellar Door Price Index
The wines
| Offshoot ChardonnayOffshootLight, fruit-driven everyday style. | |
| Yellow Label ChardonnayClassicThe winery's long-running signature Chardonnay. | |
| Classic SemillonClassic | |
| The Obsessive ChardonnayThe ObsessiveSingle-vineyard Chardonnay. | |
| The Obsessive ShirazThe ObsessiveSingle-vineyard Shiraz. | |
| Keepers of the Flame ChardonnayKeepers of the FlamePremium small-parcel Chardonnay from the next generation of the family. |
No wines in this style are listed.
Cellar-door bottles: $$
Wine club
The Wine Club offers two curated selections.
- Ian's Selection
- Liz's Selection
The estate
- Winemaker
- Jerome Scarborough
- Ownership
- Family owned by the Scarborough family
- Sustainable viticulture
Getting here & good to know
Scarborough Wine Co is at 179 Gillards Road, Pokolbin, in the Hunter Valley wine country.
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Details last checked 2026-09-12.