VINEYARDS WINERIES AND BREWERIES PONTVILLE

Laurel Bank Vineyard is a boutique vineyard at Granton, southern Tasmania. Granton overlooks the Derwent River west of Hobart, a fifteen minute drive from the city centre (18 kilometres/11 miles). The picturesque, three hectare Laurel Bank Vineyard produces a range of medal and award-winning cool climate wines including pinot noir, merlot, cabernet, sauvignon blanc and cabernet franc. You can taste the range of wines at the cellar door by appointment and enjoy the great views of the Derwent River. Tasmania's cool climate sets it apart from the rest of Australia as a prime wine-growing region. The Island's first experiment with grapevines led to a white wine being shown at the Paris Exhibition in 1848. Since then, the Tasmanian wine industry has grown to over 200 vineyards, producing more than 6,500 tonnes of grapes per year. Tasmania's cool climate with its long, sunny autumns is perfect for growing intensely-flavoured Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Gewürtztraminer and Riesling grapes.

Derwent Estate is a family owned and operated wine business at Granton in Tasmania's south. Just 20 minutes north of Hobart, the largest city in Tasmania, the vineyard is nestled perfectly on north facing slopes which run down to the Derwent River, a perfect aspect for the production of cool climate wine grapes. Plenty of prevailing westerly winds keep good airflow through the vines. Air circulation is critical in helping to keep the vineyard disease free. Located at 42 degrees south latitude this is genuine cool climate viticulture. Tasmania is rapidly gaining a reputation as Australia's premier Pinot Noir, Riesling and Sparkling wine producing area. Derwent Estate's cellar door is located in one of the two historic 1830's built houses on the property. You can taste our current range of wines, talk to the people who run the vineyard and even pick up some rare wines not generally available anywhere else.

Bonorong is a Sanctuary for wildlife run by a passionate team of like-minded people. We're a social enterprise: a little business with a big heart.
Just 30 minutes north of Hobart's CBD, we are home to many animals, including wombats, koalas, Tasmanian devils, birds, quolls and more. We also have free-roaming kangaroos who are always keen for a good scratch on the chest and some gentle hand feeding (roo food included with entry).
 
A visit to Bonorong is not complete without joining one of our daily guided tours. These tours are free with entry and give you the opportunity to meet some of our most popular locals: the wombats, devils and koalas. You will hear little-known facts and stories of the wildlife in our care.
Tour groups, school groups and after-school groups can all be catered for with private tours and more. We have a Food Hut onsite, making it a great stop for lunch with 100% plant-based meals.
Bonorong is easily accessible by car, with free parking onsite.

The Bagdad Public Golf Course is a nine-hole country course north of Hobart. Bagdad is a small rural community, 30 minutes' drive from Hobart's city centre (40 kilometres/25 miles). The Bagdad Public Golf Course has a peaceful, rural atmosphere and features watered, grass greens with the longest hole measuring 1,718 metres (5,636 feet). You can try you luck in the annual Bagdad Open golf tournament which is played here each spring (September/October). The Tasmanian town of Bagdad was named from the classic literary work 'Arabian Nights' by explorer Hugh Germain. The well-educated Germain named several Tasmanian locations from this book and from the Bible, both of which he carried with him wherever he went. Lake Tiberius and the township of Jericho are two such locations, just north of Bagdad.

Winstead Vineyard at Bagdad in Tasmania's south produces award-winning wines - rieslings and pinot noir. This 1.2 hectare vineyard is carefully hand-tended, and produces long lived rieslings and exciting pinot noir. Winstead has produced some great wine but unfortunately suffers from the problem of wine shortage. Their gold-medal 1994 pinot noir was a cracker of a wine. Their wines just seem to get better every year and continue to be medal winners. The vineyard is open by appointment only. Mail Order is available.

Pages Creek Vineyard is located at Tea Tree, in southeast Tasmania's Coal River Valley. Tea Tree is 30 minutes from Hobart (35 kilometres), and a short drive from the historic village of Richmond..

Established in 1999, the vineyard has over four hectares (10 acres) of vines including Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The vines are hand pruned and harvested and only premium fruit is selected for winemaking..

Pages Creek wines display cool-climate elegance and ideal ripeness, resulting from the Coal River Valley's long growing season. These finely structured wines have moderate alcohol levels and are especially food compatible. Pages Creek wines are made at Winemaking Tasmania, a modern facility headed by one of Tasmania's most experienced winemakers, using a combination of state-of-the-art equipment and traditional techniques. Wines are matured in the highest quality French oak barrels..

Pages Creek Vineyard is named for the creek that runs through the 20-hectare (50 acre) property. It is the vigneron's vision to produce world-class wine from this single-site vineyard, located in one of Tasmania's premier wine-producing areas.

Morningside Vineyard is located at Tea Tree in southeast Tasmania's Coal River Valley wine region. Tea Tree is a 30-minute drive from Hobart (35 kilometres), a few kilometres from the historic village of Richmond.

Morningside's three hectares (seven acres) of vines were planted in 1980 and the vineyard was the first to be established in the Tea Tree area. The vineyard has consistently produced elegant, age-worthy wines including Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernets - a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

The Morningside Vineyard is a family-run operation and all wines are estate-grown and made. Visitors can taste Morningside's range of medal winning cool climate wines at the cellar door by appointment.

This is a truly boutique vineyard, where all the procedures, from growing the grapes to bottling the wine, are carried out on the premises by owners Andrew and Rose-Marie Vasiljuk. Andrew, who has 20 years experience, is the winemaker.

Production from the mountain vineyard of less than a hectare was recently embellished with the purchase of another vineyard at Margate in the Channel. Wine tastings and cellar door dales are available at the Tea Tree vineyard. Varieties include riesling, pinot noir and chardonnay.