Bright sunshine, clear skies, crisp autumn air and a light carpeting of fallen leaves on surrounding lawns. What could be better suited to lunch at Bird in Hand's stylish new eatery at Hobart's Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens than this delightful, crisp Chardonnay/Pinot Noir blend from the Adelaide company's leasehold vineyard at Rowella in the...
L'appel is the brainchild of former Sydney-sider Bart Johnston and his French-born partner, Jess Nuel. Johnston caught the wine bug while working as a restaurant sommelier. His travels abroad – to Montreal (Canada) and the Willamette Valley (USA) in particular – inspired him to take up winemaking, focusing on his passion for cool-climate Pinot...
Ashli Rose is a recent addition to the Tasmanian wine scene and is the passion project of Ashli Rose Mani and her partner-in-life, Mark Carter. New Zealand-trained, Mani spent her formative years among vines and wines at her family's Iron Pot Bay Vineyard at Rowella, on the West Tamar.
With around 20 vintages of Moores Hill Pinot Noir now under its belt, it's surprising that this small Tamar Valley vineyard still seems to travel under the radar when it comes to Tasmania's flagship red variety. That's a pity. These wines deserve closer attention from lovers of elegant, cool climate Pinot Noir. Recent releases have been especially...
Wine South Tasmania is a volunteer marketing group comprising many of Southern Tasmania's best small-scale wine producers. Its two major annual events - the Southern Open Vineyards Weekend and the Spring in the Vines Festival - are always well supported by wine lovers who welcome the opportunity to taste wines that are otherwise difficult to find....
Why do some people still cellar wines when there's an abundance of styles, grape varieties and price points already available for purchase in an over-saturated worldwide market? What's the point?
Having visited Bream Creek's wonderful vineyard cellar door overlooking Marion Bay and Maria Island on a number of occasions, I've often been struck by the fact that this is such a modest development in terms of its footprint in the landscape. But as time has gone by, it seems to me there is good reason. Somewhere, owner Fred Peacock has...
Under Ella and Daniel Kelleher's ownership, Premaydena Hill on the Tasman Peninsula has evolved from a traditional farming enterprise - based around 100 black Angus cattle - to a skilfully managed tourism destination with a high degree of vertical integration in its on-farm operations. This current release white blend is grown, made and sold...
Wine South's annual Open Vineyard Weekend - and its 3-day Spring in the Vines event some months earlier - provide wine lovers with rare opportunities to discover new wines (and their makers) that are otherwise hard to find or unavailable beyond those specially organised and promoted wine touring weekends. Taking part might sometimes require the use...
The Walters family planted vines at Boomer Creek between Triabunna and Swansea in 2012 and 2013. The carefully managed 5ha site supports the use of natural solutions in controlling pests and diseases, and oversees a minimal intervention approach to winemaking undertaken at Spring Vale nearby.
