Media Trip to Hunter Valley – Wine Making the Australian Way

June 15, 2025 Raj Suri

Contributors: Marie Geissler, Liz Lacerda
Featured Photographs courtesy: Raj Suri

Friday, 13 June 2025
FCA Member media trip to the Hunter Valley was an opportunity to talk to the Scarborough Spokespersons Liz Riley and Jerome Scarborough. It was a jam packed information on Australian modern wine making using sustainable methods and technology. It was a beautiful winter day with a cellar door tasting before the members headed back to Sydney in a chartered bus.

Scarborough Wine Co., Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia

Winter Leaves Scarborough Wine Co_Hunter Valley — Winter Leaves – Vineyard, Scarborough Wine Co., Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia

Compost using wine cartons_Liz Riley_© Raj Suri — Liz Riley shows the Vineyards use compost from wine cartons. Photo: © Raj Suri

Jerome Scarborough and Liz Riley | Photo: Raj Suri

About

Scarborough Winery

Over 40 years ago winemaker Ian Scarborough and his young wife Merralea visited the Hunter Valley.
Scarborough Wine Co. remains a thriving family business.

An early 1970’s visit to the Hunter Valley had driven Ian and Merralea in the proceeding years to grow one of the most successful family owned wine companies in the Hunter Valley. This video also shows how Jerome and Sally Scarborough’s passion for the wine business began at an early age and now sees both of them working in the Scarborough Wine Co. business.