56 : Bruny Island Premium Wines

Bruny Island Premium Wines - Flavours from the far south Welcome to the EATT Magazine podcast winner of the 2017 Cast Away Australian Podcast Awards most popular vote category in Lifestyle, Health and Wellness. A link from iTunes to images in this podcast https://eattmag.com/bruny-island-premium-wines/ Bruny Island Premium Wines stretch out carved gently from bush and pastureland on the outskirts of the sleepy little island settlement of Lunawanna on Bruny Island is Australia’s southernmost vineyard. Richard and Bernice Woolley bought the Wayaree Estate property in 1997. With the help of Bernice’s father, John Dillon, they established their vineyard the following year, planting 2500 Pinot Noir and 1500 Chardonnay vines. The vineyard is set on a gently sloping site with a sunny north-westerly aspect. In an ideal season, Tasmania’s calm, clear autumn days are perfect for the slow fruit-ripening conditions needed to create premium cool-climate wines. There’s a long tradition of fruit-growing in the Dillon family. Up to the 1950s, Bernice’s father, and grandfather had apple and pear orchards at Alonnah, one of the sparsely-populated island’s few settlements. But the story goes back even further – Bernice is a direct descendant of one of Bruny’s first settlers, who arrived at Coal Point in Adventure Bay in 1878. And the history of horticulture on Bruny reaches a further 100 years into the past because it was on this scenic island off Tasmania’s southeast coast that Australia’s first apple trees and grape vines were planted in 1778 by Captain William Bligh. He was one of the many European navigators who sheltered in Adventure Bay on their great voyages of discovery from the mid-1600s to the early 1800s. (The Bay is named for the ship Adventure, commanded by Tobias Furneaux, second-in-command of James Cook’s 1772 expedition). Richard and Bernice have recently extended the Bruny Island Premium Wines vineyard, which now has 6000 vines. The two-hectare block is well-protected by an encircling electric fence – the wallabies and possums around Lunawanna love the Woolleys’ grapes almost as much as the growing numbers of people who have discovered the wonderful cool-climate wines that are grown, made and bottled by hand on the estate. Bruny Island Premium Wines is a genuine family affair. Apart from Bernice and Richard’s hands-on approach – they’re involved in everything from pruning to labeling – other family members are also involved. The beautiful and unique labels of their wines are taken from original oil paintings of Bruny scenes by Bernice’s mother, Ruth Dillon (the Unwooded Chardonnay label shows Coal Point); while the graphic design is the work of Bernice’s cousin Kylie Stokely. The Woolleys opened their cellar door in 2007. It features timber from the original vineyard site, and offers tastings and sales. The cellar door is open most days from 11 am to 5 pm. Richard and Bernice welcome appointments and group bookings. If there’s no-one behind the counter when you call, just press the bell, because they won’t be far away – in a family-run vineyard, there’s always something to do! http://www.brunyislandwine.com/ www.brunyislandlighthousetours.com.au  Start your journey here 37: Join Cullen on the travel podcast around the islands 38 : Download The Travel App with the festival of voices part 2 39 : Travel photography tips, techniques and tricks with EATT Magazine 40: Quick Photography podcast Tips with EATT Magazine 41 : The startup school podcast for young entrepreneurs 42: The Tasmanian Travel podcast at the Hobart Travel Information Centre 43: Part 1 of the Antarctic story from Mawson’s Huts Replica Museum Hobart, Tasmania 44: Part 2 of the Antarctic story from the Mawson’s Huts Replica Museum visit Hobart, Tasmania 45 : Part 3 of the Antarctic story from the Mawson’s Huts Replica Museum visit Hobart, Tasmania 46 : The whisky Podcast part 1 with Cullen at The Lark Distillery Cellar door 47 : The whisky Podcast Part 2 with Mark Nicolson inside The Lark Distillery Cellar door 48 : The whisky podcast part 3 beyond the Cellar door after a wee dram or two 49 : The whisky podcast part 4 from behind the cellar door we open something special 50 : The whisky podcast part 5 with Anne of the Wolves from inside the cellar door 51 : The whisky podcast part 6 with a jig from Cullen and a Sláinte Mhath from Anne of the Wolves 52 : At 6am we make our way to the ferry on the Bruny island safari tour 53 : Arriving on Bruny island in Tasmania looking for wildlife 54 : Searching for the white Pademelon of Bruny Island Join in search of the white Pademelon on Bruny Island Pademelons can usually found in and around forests; they are small marsupials of the genus Thylogale one of the smallest of the macropods. 55 : Towards Cape Bruny Lighthouse on the Bruny island safari tour And give a thumbs up to any other podcasts you may like to support for