First Tassie wine tour (experimental)

[Steady]

Admiring the view

 

[penegal]

Looks great - I am jealous

 

[RooFlyer]

Freycinet wine maker Claudio giving us his secrets. Freycinet reisling we decided favourite amongst the reisling we drunk today.

 

[RooFlyer]

Enjoying a pre dinner bevvie by the fire. Tas cheeses, mussels and salmon.

 

[RooFlyer]

Dinner location - Freycinet Lodge

 

[Steady]

Dinner time - Freycinet Lodge

 

[Steady]

The Bay restaurant

 

[aussiel]

An unusual blend

Unusual indeed! How did you find it?

 

[mrsmajor]

Great weekend!!!

 

[Buzzard]

Unusual indeed! How did you find it?

I didn't make any tasting notes but it was certainly very nice. Nice price too, about $110/bottle!

 

[Buzzard]

A few nightcaps

 

[penegal]

Nice

Onto the reconstituted sauerkraut here, so very jealous of you guys.

 

[mavis]

If you're in the north at some point i highly recommend Tamar Ridge, Pipers Brook (And Janz as they're 100m apart), Josef Chromy, Bay of Fires (House of Arras) and my personal favourites Goaty Hill and Holm Oak.

Rebecca Duffy (Holm Oak) and her husband have done amazing things for the Tasmanian wine industry and Rebecca was recently named female winemaker of the year and is the direction of Wine Tasmania.

Tasmania's Sparkling is the best in the world and a huge part of that is the work done by Andrew Pirie who is australis first person to obtain a Doctorate in Viticulture. If you get a chance to check out his new project Apogee i highly recommend it.

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

Great weekend!

Great photos

 

[mavis]

Ps.

Holm Oak Vineyards - Products - 14Wizard

if you like the Mt Amos definitely pick up a bottle of this if you get a chance.
Minimal intervention, incredible winemaking/viticulture and made from the best 5 barrels of the vintage.

 

[Steady]

The Spiky Bridge

 

[drron]

Would have loved to have been there but as usual work intervened.
Hopefully will be available for a future tour.
Keep on enjoying beautiful Tassie.

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

Close up of the spikes of the Spikey Bridge

 

[Buzzard]

Another day, another winery

 

[RooFlyer]

Day 2 first winery. Frogmore Creek, Coal River Valley.