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WORDS LIANE MORRIS | FEATURES WRITER RidgeView is a destination winery where, once you arrive, you don’t have to leave and probably won’t want to! If you’re looking for an escape, somewhere to enjoy award-winning wines matched with the freshest paddock to plate cuisine whilst taking in spectacular views over the vineyards, plus private cottage accommodation with your own sauna and jacuzzi that you can rest in after a game of tennis, a swim in the infinityedge pool or a spot of bushwalking, then look no further. Located just a short fifteen-minute drive from the heart of Pokolbin and set on over 130 acres of spectacular natural bushland and vineyards is RidgeView, rated five red stars by the Halliday Wine Companion. You won’t want to leave.
It's difficult to believe that in the year 2000, there was nothing on the land where RidgeView sits today. Purchased that year by Darren Scott and his wife Tracey as a family getaway property with no plans for any kind of extensive development, the couple had four children aged from five to 11 years and simply enjoyed escaping the southern suburbs of Sydney to relax in the Hunter. Darren was, and still is a full-time dentist, and it’s hard to imagine how he found time to create the development that he has. “We had no intentions of creating anything as big as what we have. We thought we might plant a few vines to have fun with, but we did develop a business plan based on selling any fruit we grew. As time passed, we experimented and built on it until it became what it is today.” The first vines were established in 2001, and the first two cottages were built the same year. They built the pool in 2004, the tennis court
olives, olives, olives Come visit us for a range of Estate Grown Olives, Tapenade and local olive oils or a Cheese platter on the deck with a glass of wine
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