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 Open Vineyard Weekend - and its 3-day Spring in the Vines some months earlier - are fantastic industry events. They 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...
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.
Pinot Meunier accounts for almost exactly one-third of all plantings in Champagne. Slightly more than Chardonnay at 30 percent, but significantly less than Pinot Noir (38 percent). That noted, it's often been regarded as a far less important variety than its high-profile vineyard brethren (except in the Marne Valley, where late budburst makes it...
Freycinet Vineyard's Wineglass Bay label takes its name from the iconic seascape on Freycinet Peninsula and has been used as the company's flagship brand in the UK since the 1990s. This vintage of Wineglass Bay's ever-popular dry white was awarded Top Gold and Best Sauvignon Blanc at the 2026 Tasmanian Wine Show.
Samantha Connew's first wine connections to Tasmania date back to 2007 during her time at Tower Estate in the Hunter Valley. She made five vintages of Pinot Noir for the company, based upon fruit grown in the Huon Valley. Her move to Bay of Fires at Pipers River in 2012 provided much greater exposure to Tasmania's vineyards and the minutiae...
Winemaker Hugh McCulloch was bitten by the wine bug while studying Modern History at St Andrews University in Scotland. The Wellington & Wolfe brand he established in the Tamar Valley in 2017 references his boyhood passion for 18th century military history and two famous British generals in particular.
