Josef Chromy Wines, fundada por Josef Chromy OAM, es una renombrada bodega de Tasmania, conocida por su importante contribución a la industria alimentaria y vinícola de la isla. Tras décadas dando forma a las principales bodegas de Tasmania, Josef Chromy puso en marcha su finca homónima en 2007, a la edad de 76 años. La bodega está situada cerca de Launceston y se ha convertido rápidamente en un éxito, reconocida por sus vinos de alta calidad y su pintoresco entorno. Los visitantes de la finca pueden disfrutar de cata de vinos, buena comida y vistas panorámicas, lo que la convierte en un destino ideal para los amantes del vino.

Established in 1973, the historic Stoney Vineyard is the oldest in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley. Just half an hour's drive from the city of Hobart, the 11ha single vineyard domaine is owned and operated by H. Peter and Ruth Althaus. It is the culmination of a long and exhaustive world-wide search for terroir ideally suited to cool-climate viticulture.Ancient soil and truly cool climate give rise to inspirational terroir founded on 200 million year old Jurassic Dolerite. Domaine A lies on a north facing slope that enjoys a temperate maritime climate and extended sunlight hours over a long, cool season. Domaine A experiences some of the longest sunshine hours in Australia, ensuring grapes ripen to develop the full spectrum of varietal character. The vineyard is close planted in the European tradition (1.9 x 0.9m), with a density of 6000 vines per hectare. The sloping North-North Easterly aspect and foliage height of 1400mm enables vines to take full advantage of prolonged sunshine. Annual rainfall is often less than 500mm. Grapes ripen well into late April and early May, bringing flavours of great subtlety and intensity to the wines.Varieties grown include red grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Pinot Noir and the white grape Sauvignon Blanc.Peter Althaus personally selects the fruit for harvesting. During the cool days of Autumn when the fruit is at the point of optimum ripeness and flavour it is hand-picked and crafted with minimal intervention. The wines are made without compromise in the spirit of the finest traditions of winemaking.

Situated somewhat off the beaten track our cellar door exudes an irresistible rustic charm. Our property is adorned with fabulous old English trees and our cellar door is situated in the original vertical board winery. Greeted by a view surrounding the Cellar Door of breathtaking vineyards and orchards (keep an eye out for Tim hand pruning or Max and Will racing through the rows of vines) you can wander down the path to visit Pinot the Pig and feed him a few cheeky apples before reaching the Cellar Door. If Bec isn’t hard at work in the winery she may even join you for a glass of wine and tell you the story of how they came to plant 12 hectares of vines in this beautiful part of the world.

Frogmore Creek Wines viticulture team focus on producing the highest quality fruit with an underlying ethos of environmentally sustainable vineyard practices. We see ourselves as custodians of the land for future generations. We value and cherish the health of the vines and soils as we believe this gives us the best long term outcomes for this vintage and vintages for generations to come. Frogmore Creek was founded on the principle of striving for excellence: in farming methods, wine production and service. Critical climate indicators such as rainfall, temperature, sunshine hours, number of rain days and humidity combine at our vineyards in the Coal River Valley, making it a world class ultra-premium wine region. The accolades from our range of wines shows that our efforts in our vineyards including matching fitting varieties to our true cool climate viticulture practices, are not in vain. Frogmore Creek Wines has two vineyards all based in the Coal River Valley in southern Tasmania. These vineyards are our: Campania Vineyard and our Cambridge Vineyard.

arved from bush and pastureland on the outskirts of the sleepy little island settlement of Lunawanna on Bruny Island is Australia’s southernmost vineyard. Richard and Bernice Woolley bought the Wayaree Estate property in 1997. With the help of Bernice’s father John Dillon, they established their vineyard the following year, planting 2500 Pinot Noir and 1500 Chardonnay vines. The vineyard is set on a gently-sloping site with a sunny north-westerly aspect. In an ideal season, Tasmania’s calm, clear autumn days are perfect for the slow fruit-ripening conditions needed to create premium cool-climate wines. There’s a long tradition of fruit-growing in the Dillon family. Up to the 1950s, Bernice’s father and grandfather had apple and pear orchards at Alonnah, one of the sparsely-populated island’s few settlements. But the story goes back even further – Bernice is a direct descendant of one of Bruny’s first settlers, who arrived at Coal Point in Adventure Bay in 1878. And the history of horticulture on Bruny reaches a further 100 years into the past, because it was on this scenic island off Tasmania’s south-east coast that Australia’s first apple trees and grape vines were planted in 1778 by Captain William Bligh. He was one of the many European navigators who sheltered in Adventure Bay on their great voyages of discovery from the mid-1600s to the early 1800s. (The bay is named for the ship Adventure, commanded by Tobias Furneaux, second-in-command of James Cook’s 1772 expedition).

Located in the small settlement of Priory, close to the tourist destinations of Binalong Bay and the Bay of Fires and just 3kms from the town of St Helens one of Tasmania’s premium holiday destinations on the sunny East Coast. Priory Ridge is a boutique vineyard on 20 hectares with ideal north facing slopes which maximise sunlight. The soil is Devonian granite rich in mineral content, transferring a unique “terroir” to the wine. Formally known as Tarpot Farm, the property has been in the ownership of Julie Llewellyn’s family (Reid/Clifford) for over 120 years. Julie’s Great Grandparents settled at Priory in 1889 after migrating from England in 1880. Before its conversion to grapes the property was mainly used to graze sheep as an adjunct to a much larger property, grazing sheep, cattle and some cropping. Priory Ridge has the George River as its Northern boundary and the vineyard draws its water from a small dam on the property.

It all began in 1987 when Steve met Monique after Steve returned from France from interning in Champagne and decided that he really wanted to make sparkling wine in the coolest region of Australia. They began to map a future but their only real option was to move to Tasmania. There were already grapes planted in Tasmania and they could see the potential for greatness. In 1990 they they found the perfect property, took a risk and put all their cash on the line plus worked hard. Super happy and nearly 30 years later they have weathered the good and the bad and have achieved so much with many helping hands. The 25Ha vineyard was converted to Biodynamics in 2010 with certification achieved in 2013. Biodynamics provides protection for their environment, employees and customers from chemicals, and as a bonus it makes a better wine.

While living in England for 3 years (1982-1984) and travelling through the wine regions of Europe it became clear that the best wines were coming from the cooler parts of Europe and from sites with ‘difficult’, impoverished soils. On returning to Australia with the aim of establishing our own vineyard, Bob completed a Graduate Diploma in Wine at Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1985/86 and then we headed South! Our vineyard site was chosen because of its aspect, slope and low fertility soil. Barrel samples of Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon from the nearby Glengarry Vineyard owned by Gavin Scott showed the colour, tannin and body that we were seeking. In the earliest years, before we came into production, we were searching for a name for the vineyard. While reading Hugh Johnson’s tome ‘The Story of Wine’, Bob was struck by his reference to an early traveller to the Bordeaux region of France who visited the first great Chateau of the region. “The English philosopher, John Locke, during his 5 year stay in France, was intrigued enough to pay a visit to see the apparently unique vineyard that could produce such a ‘particular’ taste. When he arrived at Haut-Brion, on May 14, 1677, he inspected the vineyard and found it on a little hillock facing West, whose soil is nothing but pure white sand mixed with a little gravel. One would imagine it scarce fit to bear anything.” As grey sand was the predominant soil type on our property, the name seemed a forgone conclusion. We have planted our vineyard to high density as is common in Bordeaux and Burgundy to take advantage of the low fertility soils. 8800 vines/Ha combined with hard pruning keeps our yield per vine down to less than 1 kg.

Where did Gryphonwood come from? Pronounced ‘[Grif-uhn]-wood’, our name and logo are obviously inspired by the mythical beast, the Gryphon. However, that’s not the whole story… The original property name was Hollywood, after nearby Hollybank Forest. As you might imagine, Hollywood wasn’t the exact feel we had in mind for a vineyard . A new name was needed. When we arrived, the old farm house had certainly seen better days. Ben quickly set to it with hammer and crowbar. As he ripped apart the kitchen, he came across a block of timber that had a hand written note on it: “The Lt Griffin has gone – been round the bottom, have gone up bush.” On the back of the same block: “The Lt Griffin has calved where we cut the last wattle wood, got home at 20 past 6.” It was signed ‘Dad’. The story stuck with us. So, in homage to a tiny piece of the past, and to honour the original name, Gryphonwood was born!

Moorilla, situada en la región vinícola del sur de Tasmania, es conocida por producir excepcionales vinos de clima frío. A sólo 15 minutos de Hobart, la finca ofrece una mezcla única de vino, arte y buena comida, y comparte sus terrenos con el renombrado Museo de Arte Antiguo y Nuevo (MONA). El enfoque boutique de la vinicultura de Moorilla refleja el entorno prístino de Tasmania, creando vinos que destacan por su autenticidad y calidad, lo que la convierte en un destino de visita obligada tanto para los amantes del vino como del arte.