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Freycinet Vineyard

The East Coast's premier producer with a flawless track record over 17 vintages.

Street Address
15919 Tasman Highway
Bicheno 7215

7 km south of Coles Bay/Freycinet National Park turn off

Tel: 03 6257 8574
Fax: 03 6257 8454

Cellar door:

May to September 10am – 4.30pm
October to April 9.30am – 5pm

Abalone diver Geoff Bull got things started back in 1980 and there is now more than five hectares of picturesque vineyard, including a higher altitude planting specially for sparkling wine.

The pinot noir and chardonnay have a national reputation and there have been some spectacular cabernets and rieslings too.

To me however the star of the show is Radenti. the vintage sparkling wine named after Claudio Radenti who is married to fellow winemaker Lindy Bull.

Wines made by Claudio Radenti have won many medals at shows. Visitors are able to see the vineyard and winery and buy Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Muller Thurgau and Cabernet Sauvignon at the cellar door. Tea, coffee and pates are also served.

The vineyard is open to the public for tastings

seven days a week, 364 days a year.

Freycinet winemaker Claudio Radenti

The vineyard overlooks the spectacular Freycinet National Park and this fabulous setting is host every Easter Sunday to a jazz concert in the vineyard, with Freycinet wines and local foods.

Spring Vale Vineyards

What is the best pinot noir in Tasmania? Spring Vale must come very close- consistently wonderful wines, full of rich perfumed fruit, silky and seductive.

Street Address
130 Spring Vale Road
Cranbrook 7190

Tel: 03 6257 8208
Mobile: 0417 012 895
Fax: 03 6257 8598

The tasting room is one of the most atmospheric in the state, in a converted stable built by convict labour in 1842.

Recently Spring Vale owners Rodney and Lyn Lyne have been making a bit of a stir with some spectacular gewurtztraminer and pinot gris, and the chardonnay's not too dusty either.

A great range of wines and a must-visit on the East coast. Just north of Swansea- open 10am to 5pm every day.

Open 10am to 5pm every day.

Rodney Lyne at Spring Vale Vineyard

Apsley Gorge Vineyard - AGV
*Brian Franklin is an abalone diver turned winemaker- he has five hectares of vines and a waterfront winery in a spectacular setting at the Gulch in Bicheno.* Street Address Rosedale Road Bicheno 7215 Tel: 03 6375 1221 Fax: 03 6375 1589	Apsley Gorge vineyard is approximately 15 kilometres inland from Bicheno on Tasmania's East Coast at the entrance to the Apsley Gorge, and has one of the most stunning locations overlooking The Gulch in Bicheno, where the ocean swirls and crashes onto the rocks. The unique micro climate of this north east facing valley produces distinctive cool climate wines, medal winning chardonnay and pinot. These wines are aged in French oak. Apsley Gorge Vineyard’s first vintage was produced in 1993, the wine maker was Andrew Hood who continued to make the wines until 1998. The owner Brian Franklin took over the wine making in 1999. Apsley Gorge Vineyard itself is not open to the public. It has a uniquely located cellar door facility at the Bicheno Winery at "The Gulch" in Bicheno. Here you can indulge in more than wine tasting, we have freshly cooked crayfish and local oysters, freshly baked baguettes and gourmet coffee,	Open 10am to 5pm daily. Sylvain Delabre, visiting french wine maker with Brian Franklin at Apsley Gorge All to be enjoyed whilst overlooking the spectacular coastal and ocean view. There will also be available a range of products from our local smokehouse and small goods butcher.

Craigie Knowe

A five hectare vineyard established in 1979 by Hobart dentist and general bon vivant John Austwick.

Street Address
80 Glen Gala Road
Cranbrook 7190

Tel: 03 6257 8252
Fax: 03 6257 8252

His love of Bordeaux led him to plant all the major Bordeaux varieties and his cabernets have become legendary, with many only now starting to show their best.

A little pinot noir is also produced, but cabernet is the main event- he is now in partnership with Ray Jensen.

The vineyard is open 9am to 4pm on weekends only.

Ray Jensen and John Austwick
at Craigie Knowe

Milton Vineyard

We are located at 42 Degrees South on the dry sunny Freycinet Coast of Tasmania the grapes are grown on free draining red loam liberally sprinkled with dolerite rocks.

Street Address

14635 Tasman Hwy
Cranbrook Tasmania

Tel: 03 6257 8298
Fax: 03 6257 8297

Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir Rosé
Pinot Noir Chardonnay
Riesling
Iced Riesling
Pinot Gris
Gewurztraminer

The warm summers and modest cropping levels typically found on the Freycinet Coast of Tasmania provided the Dunbabin family with an excellent Pinot Noir, superb Riesling, lively Rosé, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and a complex and distinguished Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay. All grown at our Milton Vineyard on Tasmania's East Coast. The vineyard is meticulously maintained and cared for with attention to detail being paramount. The fruit is hand-picked from mid-April and made into wine by award-winning contract winemakers Julian Alcorso, John Schuts, and Greer Carland at Winemaking Tasmania.

Tasmania lends itself to boutique vineyards. Our vineyard has a unique micro-climate that suits the ancient grape Pinot Noir. Also in our 5 hectare vineyard are plantings of the aromatics Pinot Gris, Riesling, and Gewurztraminer. Our focus is on producing small quantities of handmade wine. Close attention is paid to every detail in the vineyard and the wines represent this exacting work.