Every second Saturday of every month

NEXT EVENT : Saturday 13 April, 2024 - From noon to 4:00pm

Saturday Afternoons at Annata is another Annata Dining Experience which combines gourmet grazing style food and wine tasting in one event. Chat with our wine expert hosts and fellow wine lovers as you taste and learn about beautiful new wines; all while enjoying a range of beautiful gourmet grazing foods. How good can Saturday afternoon be at Annata? 

To make it even better, if you want to take any of the wines home, they will be for sale at a discount of 5% on the best retail prices.

All-inclusive Canapes and Wine Tasting

$60 for Annata Guests

$35 for Annata Wine Lovers Club Members

Bookings are essential.

Winmark Wines

The vineyard was established in 1988 by the late founder of Macquarie Bank, David Clarke. David named the vineyard after the iconic large rock on the property, Pooles Rock. Local rogue and former convict Richard Poole was known to sleep in the hollow of the rock he eventually bequeathed his name to.

Pooles Rock vineyard quickly became famous for its award-winning chardonnays until it was sold in 2011. The vines languished, neglected, for the next five years until Karin Adcock rediscovered the property and purchased it in 2016 and re-established the vineyard. The 130acre​【53 ha】 property has been fully renovated with an artful eye, transforming it into one of the area’s premier destinations that consistently holds top guest rankings across the Hunter Valley. Each of the guesthouses showcases their own unique character and hold furnishings and artworks sourced from around the globe, and all make the most of the breathtaking mountain and vineyard views.

• 2021 Winmark Expressions Chardonnay

• Elderflower and white peach aromas beckon toward a plate of quince and ripe Meyer Lemon spiced with nutmeg. Fine wine requires reflection and time. Enjoy this classic expression of the site as she engages with you over time.

• 2022 Winmark Single Vineyard Reserve

  • This wine has been meticulously crafted using the best fruit, hand-picked at first light to ensure absolute freshness and fruit integrity. The wine is fermented in premium French Oak, maturing for 11 months with extended lees contact. Pale gold in colour. Initially, brioche and toasty oak are evident, with an alluring aroma of grilled stone fruit, melon fig and barbecued citrus. The tight, savoury texture on the palate will lengthen with careful ageing if you can wait.

• 2021 ICON 7 2 Chardonnay

  • 96 Points - James Halliday - An opulent, creamy palate is underpinned by a beautiful line of acidity and a long lingering finish. With careful cellaring it will develop beautifully, but its youthful vibrancy is gorgeous now. The icon ‘seven two’ heralds the move to produce this Chardonnay exclusively using the premium fruit of Block 4 which were planted in 1972. This small batch Chardonnay will only be produced in outstanding years and this wine is normally only availably at the Cellar Door.

    Hand harvested and whole bunch pressed, the precious fruit was fermented with indigenous yeast and spent 11 months in French Oak. An opulent, creamy palate is underpinned by a beautiful line of acidity and a long lingering finish. With careful cellaring this Chardonnay will continue to develop beautifully, or enjoy its youthful vibrancy now.

The Standard Wine Company

• NV Bellussi Prosecco DOC

  • Light and dry and slightly sparkling, with a hint of pear in the taste. The bubbles are created by the Charmat method, in which wines are fermented in sealed tanks and drawn off into the bottle under pressure.

• Prosecco Superiore Extra Brut, Silvano Follador

  • The grapes comes from several vineyards - including a large portion from the Cartizze. The primary fermentation took place with indigenous yeasts. This prosecco is fresh, fragrant and dry on the palate. More than an apéritif sparkling wine but a wine you can enjoy throughout a dinner. Excellent with tempura or fried crab.

• 2020 Marco de Bartoli ‘Terzavia’ Metodo Classico Extra Brut

• The Terzavia lifts up with a wild bouquet that blends dried citrus rinds with exotic florals, raw honey, candied ginger and tropical melon. It's soft-textured and savory, with gobs of minerality up front complementing depths of green apple and brown spice. This leaves the palate completely refreshed yet lingers on with an air of almond custard and inner florals. Sourced from thirty-year-old Grillo vines in the Marsala region of Sicily.

• 2022 Fiegl Villa Dugo Chardonnay, Friuli Isonzo IGT

• The colour is straw-yellow with greenish hints. the nose has floral (white flowers), fruit (hints of citrus) and mineral complexity. The palate is dry, fresh, refreshing and rather sapid . Traditional off-the-skins maceration with fermentation in stainless steel tanks, where the aging on the yeasts takes place too, until the bottling

• 2022 Elena Walch Chardonnay ‘Cardellino’, Alto Adige DOC

  • “Cardellino” shows a straw-yellow color, with a complex play of fruity aromas, citrus and orange peel, some lime blossom, a mineral fullness and a spicy touch of tobacco. On the palate, this classic by Elena Walch surprises with exciting freshness and racy minerality, with elegance and juicy length. Inviting and refreshing.

2021 Brangero Chardonnay, Langhe DOC

• Intense yellow with greenish reflections, the aroma is reminiscent of fresh exotic fruit such as pineapple and citrus fruits. The refined palate carries this persistent freshness and tropical notes. It is perfect with grilled fish, as well as chicken or goat’s cheese.  Immediately after harvest, the grapes are placed in the press where they undergo maceration for approximately 5 hours. The free-run must is then separated from the large lees, and fermented at a controlled temperature in barriques, where it will rest for about 8 months on fine lees, before being bottled the spring following the harvest.

Vision Partners Wine

FRANCE

• Champagne Francis Orban Cuvée Prestige 

  • The colour is golden with a hint of green.  A beautiful string of fine bubbles supports smooth foam. The bouquet reveals great freshness and fruit such as pear and peach. The mouth confirms aromatic complexity and finesse developing into an elegant, slightly acidic finish.

• Champagne Francis Orban Cuvée Rosé

  • Rose-petal shade and fine bubbles evoke its lightness and elegance.  The bouquet quickly reveals notes of red summer fruits and the texture is well balanced with a long, self-indulgent finish. The perfect aperitif.

ITALY

• NV Colesel Prosecco Valdobbiadene Docg Brut "Prato Scuro" Veneto Italy

  • Bright straw yellow color with a fine and persistent perlage. Delicate, fruity and fragrant aroma characteristic of fruit with light notes of bread crust. Dry taste, good minerality and balance, elegant fruity final bubble.

• NV Colesel Brosa Rosé (Pavana)  

  • Intense pink color with violet reflections, fine and persistent perlage with creamy foam and good persistence. Elegant and persistent bouquet of red and black forest fruit. Dry, full and very persistent taste, fruity aftertaste with notes of raspberry, blackberry and blueberry

• 2021 Funaro Verdelicia IGP Chardonnay

  • Elegant and fine, with an intense straw yellow colour and light golden hues. Full-bodied and elegant on the nose, with yellow and tropical fruit hints. Complex and persistent, with a lively freshness and important structure. The complex acidity allows the wine to refine well in the bottle.

• 2019 Sobrero Francesco VII Langhe Bianco

  • The colour is a striking gold-tinged straw yellow. A heady, generous bouquet, with aromatics, of yellow peach, citrus, and tropic fruit, with fresh-mown hay, dried flowers, and acacia honey in the background. Running throughout is an intense minerally impression edged with gunflint. The palate has a rich, creamy, almost buttery, texture, showcasing an abundance of juicy fruit and an appealing vein of dried almond. A judicious acidity and a subtle, but constant thread of slaty minerality drive the progression and help create a finish that is lengthy, crisp, and delicious.

AUSTRALIA

• NV Hugh Hamilton GA-LOR-IA Frizzante

  • GA-LOR-IA! overflows with crisp frizzante fun. A light bubbly rush that’s sure to cause smiles. Perfect for a pre-dinner drink with bite sized morsels, or lazy afternoons on a picnic rug. Enjoy the lip-smacking satisfaction of our all-singing, all-dancing GA-LOR-IA!. It is made from 50% sangiovese and 50% grenache grapes.

• 2015 Hugh Hamilton Drama Queen Sparkling

  • Drama queen has an entire bakery of brioche flavours coming from its five years on lees. You can savour early season strawberries, rose petals, pink lady apples, and just a titch of bay leaf with the very lightest citrus twist. Hiding behind the fruit are deeper savoury characters. A multitude of bubbles ride light amidst the creamy texture. Crisp and linen-fresh it is phenomenally lingering and intense. Made using the classic French methods for making Champagne, the wine is fermented in the bottle for five years on lees. Simply gorgeous.

• 2019 Eagles Rest Maluna Chardonnay

  • The is an elegant chardonnay with a fine minerally texture, With white florals and citrus on the nose, the palate is taut and fresh with apricot pith, nougat and white peach. All estate-grown, the wines of Eagles Rest are beautiful, small-batch made, off a dry grown old-vine vineyard near Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley.

• 2015 Eagles Rest Maluna Chardonnay

  • A perfectly balanced wine which presents the richness of the lees left in for fermentation with the minerally texture and racy acidity . White blossom and zesty grapefruit on the nose. The palate is taut and fresh with apricot pith, nougat and white peach. Notes of goats cheese and brioche underlay the fruit and linger on the finish.