FROM THE GRAPEVINE :

2024 VINTAGE REPORT

In September of 2023, the B.O.M. (Bureau of Meteorology) announced that the summer season of 2024 would change from the ‘La Nina’ pattern of the 3 previous years to the ‘El Nino’ climate phase. This...

Draytons Turns 170 yrs old

This year marks the 170th anniversary of Joseph Drayton's first venture into the Hunter Valley, and the beginning of the...

2022 Vintage Report

In September 2021, the BOM (Bureau Of Meteorology) declared that the upcoming Summer season of 2022 would again be under...

2021 Vintage Report

I would firstly like to introduce myself as Drayton’s new Chief Winemaker. I was born and raised in the Hunter...