Chinese Back Amid New Hunter Valley Trophy Listings

Chinese investors are back seeking trophy vineyard properties in the NSW Hunter Valley, but are being out-muscled by quicker-acting local buyers. This is the view of veteran Hunter Valley real estate agent Alan Jurd, who has sold the famous wine region’s last two trophy vineyard estates – Loggerheads and Hungerford Hill – to Australian buyers. “The Chinese are back and looking.  But they are a bit slow compared with the locals.  They take too long to make up their minds,” said Mr. Jurd, who heads up Jurd’s Real Estate. Loggerheads, the 39-hectare Pokolbin estate owned by former Macquarie director Robin … Continue reading Chinese Back Amid New Hunter Valley Trophy Listings