Mount Pleasant Wines, Hunter Valley
The original Old Hill vineyard in the lower Hunter Valley was planted by Charles King in 1880 and purchased by the legendary Maurice O’Shea in 1921 together with adjoining parcels. He called the property Mount Pleasant.
Having studied oenology and viticulture at Montpellier University in France Maurice O’Shea set about crafting fine table wines from parcels of vines in the Hunter Valley. In 1932 the McWilliam family - a successful producer of fortified wines in the Riverina - acq. . . Read More >