Hunter Valley was loads of fun, Amy didn’t object to being driven around from vineyard to cellardoor and back again and Ron and I finally joined the members club at our favourite vineyard ever, Brokenwood. We have been here twice before, once when I came to Australia for the first time in 2002 and again in 2005 when we bought six bottles of Cricket pitch dessert wine which we savoured over the long hot summer. This time we bought a mixed half dozen including the Viognier, a fresh, clean white and the Cricket Pitch Cab Sav Merlot Shiraz 2004 blend which is a fantastic red and very drinkable. The best thing? As members we get a big box of wine delivered to our house at Christmas!