Wedding Venues Hunter Valley

Our Complete Guide to Hunter Valley Wedding Venue Hire

New South Wales is home to 14 wine regions, of which Hunter Valley is the most famous, as it’s the birthplace of Australian wine. Here you’ll find many winery wedding venues, intimate wedding spots, beautiful gardens, and paddock-to-plate restaurants with private event spaces. Pokolbin is the central village of the Lower Hunter Valley region, surrounded by rolling hills, vineyards, and mountain vistas. The Hunter Valley wine region is a particularly desirable wedding destination for couples from Newcastle and Sydney, so you’ll want to book a wedding date as soon as you decide on your Hunter Valley wedding venue.

To make your wedding planning easy, we’ve done the venue searching for you. We’re bringing you the best Hunter Valley wedding venues so you can start planning your wedding today.

Getting married in Hunter Valley? Here are some of the highlights you can look forward to:

• Easy access for your wedding guests: Hunter Valley is 1 hour from Newcastle, 2.5 hours from Sydney, and 1.5 hours from the Central Coast
• Attending a group wine tasting with your wedding guests the day before your Hunter Valley wedding at favourite wineries like Tempus Two, Brokenwood, or Wine House
• Taking your couple portraits at Watagans State Pine Forest or an outlook overlooking the Hunter Valley vineyards
• Waking up on your wedding morning and going to a five-star Hunter Valley spa for a full body massage
• Your wedding ceremony in Hunter Valley Gardens or at a Hunter Valley winery overlooking the vineyards
• Taking your wedding party out for a hot air balloon ride the morning before your springtime wedding to see Hunter Valley’s rolling pastures and colourful wildflowers

Hunter Valley is absolutely beautiful year round: December to February brings harvest season, which is fairly busy throughout the region; March to May bring colorful vines and dry weather; June to August can be chilly in the evenings with frost in the morning; September to November is festival season. Winter weddings in Hunter Valley tend to be more intimate occasions at venues with indoor spaces, while alfresco weddings are popular in spring and autumn. Hunter Valley is a very desirable wedding destination year round, so we recommend making your wedding plans in advance and being open to a non-Saturday wedding.

Relaxed winery weddings are very popular throughout the Hunter Valley, as that’s why many travel to this beautiful region. Rustic weddings, vintage weddings, barn weddings, and paddock-to-plate weddings are all very popular wedding styles in the Hunter Valley, and the occasional black-tie wedding is a hit too.

The busiest time of year in Hunter Valley is harvest, which is typically in late summer. Springtime also brings a lot of visitors to the area with Hunter Valley Stages, Oktoberfest, Rose Spectacular, and various food and wine festivals. Because some of these events may bring a surge in hotel bookings and traffic to the area, it may be helpful to have a chat with your wedding venue prior to booking your wedding date to ensure that the day you’ve selected won’t make planning difficult for your guests.

Chances are that if you’re looking for a Hunter Valley wedding venue, you prioritise good food, great wine, and boutique accommodation in your wedding venue search. Similar wine region options we love for a destination wedding are the Southern Highlands Wine Region, Blue Mountains, Yarra Valley, and Barossa Valley.