Best Pokolbin Wedding Venues
Wedding Venues: Pokolbin | Hunter Valley | NSW | Australia
Pokolbin is located in the heart of the Hunter Valley's wine region and offers a wide variety of scenic wedding venues with stunning views over rolling vineyards & the Brokenback Mountain Range.
The best wedding venues in Pokolbin all have a picturesque ceremony site & unique reception venue in the one location. Most also offer onsite accommodation and being located within a few minutes drive of the Hunter Valley's most popular restaurants & cellar doors, this historic country town is the perfect wedding destination for an extended celebration over several days.
The most beautiful places to get married in Pokolbin include world class gardens, award winning restaurants, European-inspired estates and a huge choice of winery wedding venues where contemporary barrel rooms and Tuscan-styled function rooms offer a unique choice of ceremony & reception spaces immersed within lush rows of grape vines.
No other rural area in New South Wales offers a more beautiful setting for outdoor weddings than Pokolbin with open air chapels, sunken gardens, private decks and formal lawns offering a plethora of unique event spaces for alfresco weddings in the area.
Here are the top 20 wedding venues in Pokolbin. They're all located within 2 hours of Sydney and 1 hour of Newcastle and are easily accessible via road, plane and helicopter.
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Top 20 Pokolbin Wedding Venues
1. Greystone Estate
- Location: 617 Hermitage Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 32 - 110
- Sleeps: 32
- Ceremony Venue: Outdoor Chapel
- Reception Venue: Luxe Hall
Greystone Estate is located on Hermitage Road in the heart of Pokolbin's best wineries and with 5 star accommodation for up to 32 guests, is one of the most luxurious wedding destinations in the Hunter Valley. The estate's 10 acres of park-like gardens feature a modern open-air pavilion for wedding ceremonies and a luxe function room fully furnished with white decor.
This stunning Hamptons-style estate is the perfect venue for couples wanting to celebrate their wedding over several days as it has 15 luxury suites across 4 onsite dwellings, spacious entertaining areas, a swimming pool, games room and BBQ area. All inclusive wedding packages come with an in-house concierge.
2. Peppers Creek Chapel & Barrel Room
- Location: 1946 Broke Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 120+
- Accommodation: Sleeps 26
- Ceremony Venue: Chapel
- Reception Venue: Barrel Room
The sandstone chapel at Peppers Creek is the Hunter Valley's most opulent wedding ceremony venue and is situated on the corner of Ekerts Rd & Broke Rd in the centre of Pokolbin. The European-inspired chapel has walls that open to views of surrounding Merlot vineyards and features a romantic aisle through a peaked timber pergola.
Also at Peppers Creek is a grand barrel room set behind dramatic elephant doors, and with a huge 5 metre stone fireplace this room holds a wonderful ambience perfect for intimate wedding receptions with an elegant Tuscan vibe. These two incredible event spaces are owned by Hunter Valley wedding stylist Jade McIntosh and all wedding packages come with custom made floral installations designed exclusively for you.
3. Leaves & Fishes
- Location: 737 Lovedale Road, Lovedale, NSW 2325
- Capacity: 2 - 300
- Accommodation: Sleeps 12
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Leaves & Fishes is situated 10 minutes from Pokolbin amongst 20 acres of tropical gardens and is the Hunter Valley's ultimate location for outdoor weddings in a private rainforest setting. At the heart of Leaves & Fishes is a Tuscan-style sunken garden that is one of the region's most beautiful spaces for outdoor wedding receptions.
Other unique reception venues at this stunning property include a luxe-rustic banquet hall with a candlelit roman bath, an overwater restaurant, a micro wedding store and a one-of-a-kind rainforest walk. Venue hire includes a 3 day stay in 5 boat sheds set around a flowering lotus lake.
4. Bimbadgen Palmers Lane
- Location: 409 McDonalds Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Seated Capacity: 130
- Cocktail Capacity: 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 120
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Bimbadgen Palmers Lane is one of Pokolbin's most popular wedding venues and is situated on McDonalds Road between two of the Hunter Valley's most acclaimed vineyards. This charming country venue has four stunning spots to get married including a covered pergola & Fig Tree with views over 50 year old vines, a waterfront pontoon and rustic barn doors.
The reception venue at Palmers Lane is perfect for couples wanting to hang floral installations as it has exposed timber beams throughout the pitched ceiling. With panoramic vineyard views Palmers Lane is a magical location for outdoor wedding receptions and the venue provides romantic festoon lighting for alfresco events.
5. Enzo Hunter Valley
- Location: Broke Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 80 - 150
- Sleeps: 24
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Enzo Hunter Valley is situated within Ironbark Hill Vineyard and is the location of one of Pokolbin's most iconic wedding venues. Featuring heavy timber doors that open to a dramatic altar with floor to ceiling windows, Enzo's chapel is one of the Hunter Valley's only places that you can get married indoors while immersed in lush rows of grape vines.
Enzo's sought after reception venue is a pitched-roof restaurant which features a grand sandstone fireplace and luxe chandeliers. There's an onsite cottage where the bridal party can get ready and that provides wedding night accommodation.
6. Peterson House
- Location: Broke Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 200
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Peterson House is located at the epicentre of the Hunter Valley's wine trail on the corner of Broke Road & Wine Country Drive and is an idyllic venue for couples who want a winery wedding in Pokolbin. The popular destination is renowned for its world class champagnes and features a rustic event space within its 'Champagne House', and a luxury reception venue in a modern vineyard marquee.
Peterson House also has a beautiful sandstone chapel to hire for wedding ceremonies & small receptions. Although this venue does not have onsite accommodation it is within walking distance of Rydges Resort which will sleep your entire guest list.
7. Estate Tuscany
- Location: Hermitage Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 300
- Accommodation: 39 guest rooms
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Situated on Hermitage Road in the foothills of the Brokenback Ranges, Estate Tuscany is among Pokolbin's most scenic wedding destinations. The Tuscan-style country resort is set on 26 acres of iconic Hunter Valley landscape and comes with accommodation for all wedding guests so your entire weekend can be hosted onsite.
The Courtyard at Estate Tuscany is an idyllic location for garden ceremonies as it overlooks manicured vineyards with bush-covered hills as your backdrop. The Courtyard can also be set up for outdoor wedding receptions as an alternative to the resort's elegant function room.
8. Cypress Lakes Resort
- Location: 15 Thompsons Rd, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 900
- Sleeps: Everyone
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Cypress Lakes Resort has 9 modern wedding spaces catering for intimate nuptials to grand affairs with several hundred guests. The hotel is the largest of all Hunter Valley resorts, and has luxury amenities including manicured golf greens, multiple swimming pools, an onsite gym, tennis courts and an amazing kids play area. Hotel & villa rooms are available for 100+ guests with an onsite day spa.
9. Ben Ean Winery
- Location: 119 McDonalds Rd, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 100 - 500
- Wedding packages: All inclusive
The heritage-listed courtyard at Ben Ean Winery is an ideal reception space for large rustic weddings with up to 500 guests. The indoor/outdoor function room is a character-rich event space featuring barrel walls, festoon lighting and a roof with blinds that open so you can dance under the stars.
Also at this 200 acre vineyard are 3 scenic spots for your wedding ceremony including a fig tree with regional views and a garden terrace lawn. Wedding packages at Ben Ean Winery are among the cheapest in Pokolbin starting at $130 per person for mid week weddings and $150 per person on the weekends.
10. La Vigna Estate
- Location: 375 Hermitage Road, Pokolbin NSW 2320
- Capacity: 110
- Accommodation: Sleeps 10 - 38
- Venue Hire: $9,400+
- Catering & Drinks: BYO
La Vigna Estate is located on Hermitage Road in the heart of Pokolbin's wineries and is a beautiful vineyard wedding venue the centres around a multi-functional sandstone chapel. The chapel features floor to ceiling glass doors that open onto a private patio surrounded by rows of vines and a private waterfront lawn provides the perfect location for wedding ceremonies.
La Vigna is one of Pokolbin's largest private estates to hire for weddings with 4 onsite houses that accommodate a total of 38 guests.
11. White Barn Pokolbin
- Location: 290 Old N Rd, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 70 - 150
- Wedding packages: $175+/pp
White Barn brings a Hamptons vibe to Pokolbin weddings with its all-white reception barn featuring impressive 8m cathedral ceilings. The modern reception space has a huge floor area of 500m² and offers the perfect blank canvas in which to style your dream wedding.
Recently opened at White Barn is the venue's brand new Pokolbin Chapel, an all-white wedding chapel with the same elegant aesthetic as the barn. Outside are 30 acres of manicured lawns & gardens set against the backdrop of the Brokenback Ranges. All inclusive wedding packages range from $215 - $240 per person for weekends with cheaper options mid week.
12. RidgeView Estate
- Location: 273 Sweetwater Rd, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 60 - 100
- Accommodation: Sleep 12+
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Ridgeview Estate is the perfect wedding destination in Pokolbin for affordable celebrations where your entire wedding day is in one location.
Wedding facilities at this intimate family owned & operated winery include a restaurant that seats up to 70 guests, an undercover verandah offering an all-weather space for wedding ceremonies & canapés overlooking picturesque vineyard, bushland and waterways views, cottages that sleep 12 guests onsite and the option for additional guests to glamp.
13. Weddings At Hunters Quarter
- Location: 576 De Beyers Rd, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 160
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Hunters Quarter is the perfect wedding venue in Pokolbin for foodies, with the owner being a Michelin Star trained chef. The restaurant is located at the Cockfighters Ghost winery and has the brilliant atmosphere of an upmarket eatery with an open kitchen on one side of the dining space and a huge wall of glass overlooking vines on the other.
14. Hunter Valley Gardens
- Location: 2090 Broke Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 150
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
This world renowned wedding venue is the most popular place to get married in Pokolbin with ten internationally themed garden rooms providing a variety of beautiful backdrops for your ceremony & photos. Situated in the heart of Pokolbin Village, the gardens are within easy reach of the Hunter Valley's best reception venues, the closest being Harrigan's next door and the onsite Mercure Hotel.
The most popular wedding ceremony spot within the gardens is at the impressive 10m waterfall which has a ceremony lawn at the bottom and a viewing deck at the top. Hunter Valley Gardens also has a non-denominational wedding chapel for indoor ceremonies.
15. The Convent Hunter Valley
- Location: 88 Halls Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 40 - 170
- Accommodation: Sleeps everyone
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Convent is among Pokolbin's most well known wedding locations, with its long iconic driveway and fountain made famous by appearances in several of Australia's top reality tv shows.
Foodie couples will love Circa 1876, a paddock-to-plate restaurant and function space located in an historic cottage on the grounds. If you prefer a more modern reception venue, the marquee lawn directly outside The Convent is overlooked by a beautiful bridal suite which offers the perfect spot for getting ready as it is filled with light and overlooks the comings & goings of the entire venue.
16. Harrigan's Hunter Valley
- Location: 2090 Broke Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 60 - 120
- Accommodation: Sleeps 30+
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Irish bar Harrigan's is the main local pub in Pokolbin and with the cheapest wedding packages in town is the perfect reception venue for couples on a budget. Harrigan's is located in the heart of Pokolbin’s main village within walking distance of restaurants and wineries, and has a semi-private light-filled function space on a front deck which seats up to 120 guests in a marquee style ambience.
Harrigan’s has 4 star accommodation at its rear making it an ideal wedding location for travelling guests and an easy place to host an onsite after party. Next door is Hunter Valley Gardens, a world class wedding ceremony venue with amazing photo opportunities.
17. Spicers Vineyards Estate
- Location: 555 Hermitage Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 80
- Accommodation: 12 rooms + house
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
If you're looking for a luxury wedding destination to book for your exclusive use, Spicers Vineyards Estate is an ideal option located at the top of Pokolbin's Hermitage Road. Private ceremony & reception spaces at this secluded retreat come with stunning views over 4 acres of vines to the Brokenback Mountain Range.
Restaurant Botanica caters for intimate wedding receptions for up to 80 guests and offers both indoor & outdoor dining with a large covered verandah. A grassed courtyard and grand old gum tree provide a romantic setting to say "I do". Best suited to wedding budgets of $100k+
18. Piggs Peake Winery
- Location: 697 Hermitage Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 30 - 150
- Wedding Packages: $205+/pp
The Barrel Room at Piggs Peake Winery is a contemporary wedding space with dusted timber walls that oozes modern romance. The Barrel Room comfortably seats up to 120 guests and has an adjoining private dining room for more intimate receptions with up to 30 guests.
An outdoor function area surrounding a water fountain in a sandstone courtyard offers a delightful location for wedding ceremonies, canapés & cocktails and dancing under the stars.
19. Spicers Guesthouse
- Location: Ekerts Road, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 30 - 140
- Accommodation: Sleeps 90+
- Catering & Drinks: $245+/pp
With 45 guest suites and a 4 bedroom cottage overlooking the BrokenBack Mountain Range, Spicers Guesthouse is the perfect destination for all-in-one luxury weddings in Pokolbin.
Our favourite reception space at Spicers Guesthouse is the all-white Lovedale Pavilion, which has a row of glass doors on two sides spilling onto a bush-view lawn. Seating up to 80 guests, the pavilion is the lightest & brightest reception venue in Pokolbin. Wedding packages are available for a minimum of 30 guests and start at $245/pp for weddings in 2026. Accommodation minimums also apply.
20. Squire's Vineyard
- Location: 62 Squire Close, Belford, NSW 2335
- Capacity: 2 - 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 30
Squire's Vineyard is located on 100 acres of peaceful vineyards and countryside between Pokolbin & Rothbury, and comes with all-white event spaces that ooze Hamptons vibes. Tall topiary trees create a black tie ambience that connects the dams & surrounding golden landscape with the property's elegant ceremony & reception spaces.
Wedding amenities include an open air pavilion which adjoins a croquet lawn and seats 120 guests outdoors, and an all-white function room that comes fully furnished with free styling items. Premium wedding packages include exclusive use of the entire estate for the weekend with accommodation for 30 guests.
Pokolbin Weddings
Pokolbin wedding venues are among the most popular places to get married in the Hunter Valley region and are regularly booked out 18 months in advance. If you have your heart set on one of the premier wedding destinations in this beautiful Hunter Valley locality we highly recommend booking asap, particularly for peak season weddings which run from February - May & August - November each year.
Here's a list of the most popular wedding locations in Pokolbin:
Local Wedding Destinations
Pokolbin has an amazing choice of exclusive wedding destinations that you can book for a 3 day wedding experience with accommodation onsite. These are Pokolbin's best places to get married and stay the weekend:
- Greystone Estate - luxury Hamptons-style property that sleeps 30 guests across 3 dwellings
- Nirvana Vista Estate - 7 bedroom garden estate with ceremony rotunda & reception pavilion
- Leaves & Fishes - has indoor + outdoor ceremony & reception venues and accommodation in 5 boat houses
- Estate Tuscany - indoor & outdoor event spaces plus 39 guests rooms
Ceremony Venues
There are beautiful wedding ceremony venues in Pokolbin that can be hired exclusively for your nuptials, without needing to book an onsite reception. If you're looking for a magical place to say "I do" we highly recommend these gorgeous ceremony venues:
- The Sandstone Chapel at Peterson House - traditional chapel with modern interior and individual seating
- Hunter Valley Gardens - choose from the waterfall lawn, lakefront rotunda or chapel
- Peppers Creek Chapel - set in a merlot vineyard with side opening walls
- Leaves & Fishes - perfect ceremony venue for elopements
Reception Venues
Pokolbin weddings are synonymous with scenic reception venues that not only offer picturesque views over vineyards and bush-covered mountain ranges, but a menu to delight foodies and of course, exceptional wines.
These are the best reception venues in Pokolbin...
- Enzo Hunter Valley - Restaurant style event space with a grand sandstone fireplace at Ironbark Hill Vineyard
- The Barrel Room at Piggs Peake Winery - a luxe rustic function room with a contemporary edge
- The Deck at Harrigans - an affordable pavilion-like reception venue in Pokolbin Village
- Hunters Quarter - one of the best reception venues in Pokolbin for foodies
- Ben Ean Winery - the heritage listed courtyard is an amazing event space for receptions with 250+ guests
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