HUNTER VALLEY chef Matt Dillow is nothing if not persistent.
So, when he bought The Deck Cafe in 2013 it’s fair to say he had his sights on buying the adjoining Gartelmann cellar door right from the start.
“Absolutely, I pestered Jorg Gartelmann pretty much every month to see if he was interested in selling,” he says, chuckling at the memory.
It took a few years – quite a few, in fact - but finally, in late 2020, Jorg finally agreed, deciding it was time to take a step back.
“He actually contacted me and asked if I was still interested,” Dillow says.
“I was down there
