Hobart Wine tasting/Craft beer/Whiskey/Cider/Gin tour [Aug 18/19 2018]

[Tassieoptom]

Well we are back from our week in Tassie, we had a great time and great weather.
We did the Pennicott gourmet tour of Bruny Island and it was fantastic, cheeses, oysters, lunch and wine tastings at the most southerly winery in Australia, fudge and chocolate tastings and then finishing with gin and whiskey tastings at The House of Whiskey. I highly recommend the tour.
Visited MONA, The Female Factory, Cascade Brewery, Salamanca markets, Whiskey bars, tastings at Lark Distillery, the Gasworks tasting room and several restaurants.

We did an Ageing Barrel Wine Tasting tour with a good group of 8. Enjoyed tastings at: Puddleduck, Pooley, Graigow (our favourite where we were treated to a special tasting with the owner Barry (a retired Doctor) in his garden, he was very generous with his pours and joined us in sampling the wines!) We lunched at Coal Valley Wines and finished off our tastings at Glaetzer-Dixon, Nick was away overseas so we had Sally to show us the tastings. Picked up the Riesling but the Mon Pere Shiraz was out of stock.

Our final night in Hobart we had a delicious dinner at Frogmore Lounge, (thanks to the recommendation). The food was amazing! Presented beautifully and tantalising our tastebuds. For starters: snapper ceviche, warm ham hock, mains: tea smoked duck breast, chargrilled porterhouse, dessert: forest floor, the Frogmore cigar. We had a glass each of rose' bubbles to start followed by a 2015 Pinot. Service was excellent, we enjoyed our banter with our waitress and she even gave us complimentary dessert wines. It was the perfect final dinner for our stay in Hobart and by far the best! Thank you for the recommendation.

Now waiting for our wine purchases to be delivered home.

We arrived home yesterday afternoon, so glad you had a great week, you fitted in a large selection. May I ask your best wine that you tasted that week?

Cheers

 

[ellen10]

We arrived home yesterday afternoon, so glad you had a great week, you fitted in a large selection. May I ask your best wine that you tasted that week?

Cheers

Hmm hard choice. Maybe two.

Craigow 1016 Pinot Noir
Pooley 2017 Butchers Hill Pinot Noir

 

[Tassieoptom]

Hmm hard choice. Maybe two.

Craigow 1016 Pinot Noir
Pooley 2017 Butchers Hill Pinot Noir

I have not tried the Craigow one, will put it on my to do list. Thanks.

 

[ellen10]

I have not tried the Craigow one, will put it on my to do list. Thanks.

Opps should read 2016. Not sure if our tastebuds were influenced by the lovely ambiance of sitting in the sun filled garden, great company and generous pours! I have a box of mixed wines from various wineries still to be delivered.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Heading off to Hobart next weekend and might try out some of these locations again, although will be giving the cauliflower a miss, Pooley wine does wine and pizza for Friday lunch which might be a winner.

 

[straitman]

Heading off to Hobart next weekend and might try out some of these locations again, although will be giving the cauliflower a miss, Pooley wine does wine and pizza for Friday lunch which might be a winner.

Time for another one of these gatherings.

 

[ALH]

Time for another one of these gatherings.

Absolutely. @GPH and I will pencil into the diary as soon as you have a date.

NB. We have literally been talking about another trip to Tassie this morning.

 

[RooFlyer]

I was half way through organising a Hobart do last year for early this year, but found out it clashed with something and I don't now have the time to re organise.

The problem with organising a Hobart do is many AFFers won't stay anywhere where they can't user their 'club' etc membership of a major chain, and Hobart doesn't have those. It's a lot of effort to see it not well supported.

Hopefully, with Crowne Plaza and Marriott currently having new buildings constructed for their occupation, that will change

 

[Steady]

I was half way through organising a Hobart do last year for early this year, but found out it clashed with something and I don't now have the time to re organise.

As well as the Launceston one you were trying to get up

 

[RooFlyer]

As well as the Launceston one you were trying to get up

Sorry, yes it was a Launceston do. But same thing re hotels applies.

 

[Major]

Any idea when Crowne Plaza and Marriott are due to open ?

 

[RooFlyer]

Both in the midst of primary Construction. CP a chance for late this year, likely next year. Marriott I would guess 2021.

 

[RooFlyer]

Marriott will be their top-of-the line ‘brand’.

 

[Tassieoptom]

I was voted Vice President of the Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia Late last year so combined with my state president responsibilities I am pushed for free time and energy. As such I have not planned another Hobart tour at this stage. I could be convinced though, all work and no play and all that. If there is real interest I will look at it. @Bundy Bear, how are you getting around? A tour or a hire car?

 

[rogerkambah]

Could well be interested in a bit of tassie. We were going to come this month but the thought of fires and smoke discouraged us so went to Radelaide instead . On way home right now.

 

[Tassieoptom]

Could well be interested in a bit of tassie. We were going to come this month but the thought of fires and smoke discouraged us so went to Radelaide instead . On way home right now.

No smoke in March, fires still in remote areas and we have water bomber helicopters going out and back almost everyday.

 

[Pliny]

You must be near Huonville Tassieoptom? I'm down that way and was surprised to see the whirly birds still operating when I got back from NZ last week. The air is unbelievably clear at the moment. But will forestry spark up before or after Easter with their annual burnoffs?

 

[Bundy Bear]

@Bundy Bear, how are you getting around? A tour or a hire car?

A group of us are going down for a weekend, with the plan to hire a car for one day, just referring to this thread for some ideas, and the names.

 

[Pliny]

A group of us are going down for a weekend, with the plan to hire a car for one day, just referring to this thread for some ideas, and the names.

Nice drive on the Channel Highway from Hobart. It follows the Channel and river down past Woodbridge, Gordon Verona Sands and keep following to Petcheys Bay and Wattle Grove rather than Cygnet to Huonville. Eventually to Huonville and down to Franklin and further down the river to Geeveston taking the Police Point road to Dover. Google Maps

 

[Tassieoptom]

You must be near Huonville Tassieoptom? I'm down that way and was surprised to see the whirly birds still operating when I got back from NZ last week. The air is unbelievably clear at the moment. But will forestry spark up before or after Easter with their annual burnoffs?

No not Huonville, I live at Old Beach, so the choppers we see are heading to the Geld River fire, which the fire fighters say will be fought for next 3-9months. Wrt burn offs, not sure as their budget has been blown in certain divisions. No idea about forestry this year sorry.