Team Silkman: Hunter wine puts Australia on notice

For a wine label that, at just two years old is still in its infancy, Silkman Wines, produced by a Maitland husband and wife team, has already put Australia on notice. Shaun Silkman sat in the downstairs office at First Creek winery, staring disbelievingly at the computer screen. He turned to his winemaking wife Liz and said just two words: “Holy shit!”