 Other varieties grown in the area include Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Chambourcin, Malbec, Traminer, Barbera, Trebbiano, Viognier, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and Dolcetto.The Pokolbin subregion, which surrounds provides most of the grapes known as "Lower Hunter Valley".It covers an area including and west of the road between Cessnock and Branxton, but stops short of both of those places.