Hiding away in the idyllic Hunter Valley

By Scott McRae
Updated August 22 2018 - 3:43pm, first published 12:00pm
The Villa at Chateau Elan will make you feel like you're nestled in the heart of French wine country.
The Villa at Chateau Elan will make you feel like you're nestled in the heart of French wine country.

A weekend away at New South Wales premium wine country in the Hunter Valley is often the choice for many a lover of a win- tasting experience. Often it is the big names and the well-publicised venues that people choose to visit. I am not here to say that’s a bad thing at all, but this brief tale is one of the little battler, the unsung hero, the family-owned-and-operated toilers. The people that cannot but help themselves in the search of the perfect drop – it’s either in the blood or in the family.

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