Here is the "cellar door" at Cooper Winery, our 3rd and final winery. The southern region of the Hunter that we toured is most famous for Semillon grapes (white) and Shiraz (red), so we sampled those at every stop. We also gave test runs to many chardonnays, rieslings, merlots, and cabernet sauvignons. We spent the day discussing French vs. American oak aging and cork vs. screwcap bottle-stopping. They have chosen not to use corks in Australian wines since 2003 because of "cork taint." Go figure. Which reminds me - Australia and New Zealand have a Sox-Yankees thing going. Which reminds me - the Yankees are running away with the logo count. The current score is Yanks 23, Sox 11. More on that later.