Belle Ile is a small island off the coast of Brittany that once held allure for French artists including Monet and Matisse. Island Belle, meanwhile, holds allure for Tasmanian wine lovers and combines the artistry of winemaker Peter Dawson with the vineyard palette offered by Meadowbank's extensive Pinot Noir plantings in the upper Derwent Valley.
It's been almost 15 years since Adelaide Hills company Shaw + Smith purchased Tolpuddle Vineyard in the Coal River Valley. Since then, the east-facing site overlooking Richmond has undergone significant expansion and replanting.
When William Dong began Handpicked Wines back in 2003, it traded as a virtual winery, with select growers and winemakers in established regions being enlisted to create special parcels of wine to sell under the Handpicked label.
After spending years looking wistfully across the road at their neighbour's vineyard, Louise and Jens Volkmann purchased Charles Reuben Estate from the Krushka family in 2013. The 4ha site at Tea Tree – north of Richmond in the Coal River Valley – needed a bit of TLC.
Kate Hill and her husband Charles established Kate Hill Wines in 2008 when they purchased fruit from growers in the south of the State and produced trophy-winning Riesling and Pinot Noir. Yep, two home runs, right off the bat.
I wouldn't mind a dollar for every glass of Bream Creek Riesling I've enjoyed over the years. Strange that, given that the vineyard overlooking Maria Island at the southern end of the East Coast is among the coolest in the State and you would expect some marked variability in wine style and quality.
Campania's SISU Wines opened their new cellar door in early December 2025 and the very stylish, quarried sandstone and blackwood facility has been humming with activity ever since. Little wonder. Not only is it an industry showpiece that deserves a visit from every wine tourist that comes to the Coal River Valley, the wines being created from the...
Australians are drinking more Rosé than ever before, with domestic wine sales rising by an average of 13 per cent over the past five years, according to a Wine Australia market bulletin last October.
Home Hill – at Ranelagh, in the Huon Valley – was a thriving apple orchard until the 1960s. But when the European Common Market came into being midway through the decade, the bottom fell out of the apple export industry all over Tasmania.
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...
