Two Tonne Tasmania
Ricky Evans is one of the leading figures among the new wave of career winemakers who have entered the Tasmanian wine industry since the Noughties. A viticulture and oenology graduate (Adelaide), Evans is a local bloke who worked on the mainland and overseas before returning home to take up a 2011 vintage position at Bay of Fires winery.
TTT was launched in 2013 when a vineyard offered Evans two tonnes of Pinot Noir in exchange for his winemaking services. That inspired the name Two Tonne Tasmania and its guiding ethos 'small parcels, big love.'
Pinot Noir remains the primary focus of Two Tonne Tasmania. It's aided and abetted by Chardonnay and Riesling. The company winery is at Woodlawn, the old Evans family farm at Swan Bay, on the East Tamar. Evans planted 4ha of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir there in 2017.
Today, the Woodlawn brand is reserved for super premium, traditional method sparkling as well as single site Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Two other small vineyards loom large in the Evans sphere.
Three Wishes at Hillwood (East Tamar) and Waverley Vineyard, located outside Launceston. The former comprises 3ha of Chardonnay, Riesling, Gamay and Pinot Noir. It was first planted by the Whish-Wilson family in 2000. The latter – established as Ryanna Vineyard – was planted in 2005. It was revived by Evans in 2015 and comprises 1.5ha of Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Noir.
Two Tonne Tasmania wines can be tasted and purchased at Evans's stylish Havilah eatery in the Launceston CBD. The Charles Street shopfront has operated as an urban cellar door since 2020. At the time, it was a new innovation for the city.
The Havilah label itself is applied to wines that reflect Evans's own spontaneous exploration of creative or unconventional wine styles. Sure, that sounds the vinous equivalent of licorice all sorts, but the wine quality on offer here sees Evans at his best.
The 2025 Havilah Gewürztraminer won the only gold medal in its class at the 2026 Tasmanian Wine Show. The carefully crafted 2025 Havilah Gamay not only topped its class, it won two trophies at the event. It was named Best 2025 Vintage Wine and Best Other Variety or Blend.
Evans has become accustomed to being celebrated for his viticultural and winemaking talents. He was a finalist in the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2018 Young Gun of Wine awards. Indeed, he also won the People's Choice Trophy in 2016.
Good Evans.
Key details:
Ricky Evans: owner/operator
Vineyard/cellar door address:
- Vineyard/winery: Woodlawn Road, Swan Bay, Tasmania 7252
- Urban cellar door: Havilah Wine Bar, 178 Charles Street, Launceston 7250
Telephone:
Havilah Wine Bar: + 61 (0) 493 778 006
Email:
- cellar@ttwine.com
- hello@havilahwine.com.au
Website:
www.ttwine.com.au
Tasmanian viticulture takes place within a diverse mix of soil types and microclimates.
Climate data* for sites in the Tamar Valley highlight the wide diversity of growing conditions here. Consider: Utzinger Wines (MJT 17.5°C; 1021 GDD) and Evenfall (MJT 18.4°C; 1230 GDD).
Vineyard sites on the Australian mainland are far warmer than those in Tasmania.
South Australia's Piccadilly Valley* (MJT 20.4°C; 1730 GDD) and Macedon Ranges* (MJT 19.9°C; 1365 GDD) in Victoria are regarded as the coolest GIs in their respective states.
Climate data* for Woodlawn Road, 1995-2024:
- Total annual average rainfall: 793mm
- Growing season average rainfall (Oct 1-Apr 30): 369mm
- Average autumn rainfall: 178mm
- Mean January temperature: 18.0°C
- Growing degree-days: 1151 GDD
- Average no of hot days (35°C or more) per year: 0
- Average no of cold days (minimum 4°C or less) Sept 1-April 30: 18
*Source: My Climate View, utilising past data from the Bureau of Meteorology and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. Funded by the Australian Government.
Last page update: January 2026