![]() ![]() Organic outlook: The Small Wonder vineyard in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.Īnd for the second year in a row, it was a Tasmanian wine that walked away with the top gong at the Pinot Noir Challenge, which took place in October on the Mornington Peninsula, nudging out hundreds of pinots from all over the country for top spot. The wines come from a 20-hectare vineyard on the edge of the Tamar Valley currently in conversion to certified organic viticulture and will be joined in mid-2023 by another new brand, Wayfinder, from a vineyard in Margaret River that McArdle has also converted to organics. The plan is to bring the grapes up to the Mornington Peninsula from the 2023 vintage onwards and develop a new label for wines from the site, much as Adelaide Hills winery owners Michael Hill Smith and Martin Shaw have done with their Tolpuddle vineyard and brand.Īnother recently launched Tasmanian brand with links to the mainland is Small Wonder, conceived by West Australian wine industry figure Paul McArdle, formerly chief executive of Fraser Gallop Wines and consultant to Must Wine Bar (among other high-profile gigs). The newly acquired vineyard near Hobart has five hectares of mostly pinot noir (plus some chardonnay) already bearing and another four hectares ready to plant. Yabby Lake general manager Tom Carson with fellow winemakers Chris Forge and Luke Lomax. The leading Mornington Peninsula-based winery Yabby Lake has just announced the purchase of a 12-hectare property in the Coal River Valley, adding a Tasmanian arm to a portfolio of vineyards that also includes Heathcote Estate in central Victoria. As if we needed more evidence that Tasmania is the hottest cool-climate wine region in Australia right now, along comes a flurry of acquisitions, new wine launches and show success to strengthen the Apple Isle’s already compelling credentials.
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