Chinese high rollers may soon return to Hunter winery cellar doors

Bruce Tyrrell says some Chinese customers were spending hundreds of thousands of dollars at the region's cellar doors. Photo by Simone De Peak.

The high rollers of the wine industry, prepared to spend more than $500,000 at cellar doors, could be returning to the Hunter Valley when the Chinese trade tariff lifts.

Trade Minister Don Farrell said he was confident the trade dispute, which effectively cut Aussie winemakers from the $1.2-billion market overnight, would be resolved early in the new year.