Tasmania is Australia's gourmet state; full of great wine and food experiences. Here are five of the best.
The
Agrarian Kitchen
A
sustainable farm-based cooking school situated in a cute 19th-century
schoolhouse at Lachlan, 45 minutes from Hobart in the Derwent Valley,
the Agrarian Kitchen can sometimes be booked out for months in
advance.
It
was established by Rodney Dunn and his French wife Séverine, who
moved from Sydney to Tasmania in 2007 to transform the schoolhouse
into Tasmania’s first hands-on, farm-based school.
Set
on five acres, it incorporates a vegetable garden, orchard, berry
patch and herb garden, all grown using organic principles. Also in
residence are Wessex saddleback pigs, Barnevelder chickens, Alpine
goats and a flock of geese.
650
Lachlan Road, Lachlan. (03) 6261 1099. www.theagrariankitchen.com
Bruny
Island Cheese
Gourmets
will be in their element on Bruny Island, a short ferry ride from
Kettering, south of Hobart.
It
is here that colourful television personality and cheese master Nick
Haddow produces some of Australia's finest cheeses, hand-made from
local milk.
Visitors are invited to do a tasting, check out the
cheesery or sample a selection of artisan cheeses and wood-fired
breads among the eucalyptus gum trees in the Bruny
Island Cheese
gardens.
The cheeses are all
made and matured using traditional techniques.
Tiny
Bruny Island is a mini gourmet paradise and is also home to freshly
shucked oysters from Get Shucked, wines from Bruny Island Premium
Wines, Australia’s southernmost vineyard, the Bruny Island
Smokehouse and the Bruny
Island Berry Farm.
1807
Bruny Island Main Rd, Great Bay, Bruny Island. (03)
6260 6353. www.brunyislandcheese.com.au.
Launceston
Harvest Market
Fancy
sampling some hand-crafted Tasmanian cheeses from Red
Cow Dairies, Yondover Farmhouse or Elgaar Organic Dairy? Or some
new-season apricot jam, or perhaps some juicy fresh tomatoes direct
from the Tamar Valley?
Maybe
some organic pork and beef from Mount Gnomon Farm, some salmon from
41 Degrees South salmon farm, interesting cuts of rabbit meat, or
some new-vintage local wines from boutique producers Sharmans or
Humbug Reach?
Many
of the best producers in the north of the state are at Launceston’s
Harvest Farmers’ Market, held every Saturday morning rain or shine
and one of the best examples of Tasmania’s growing
producer-to-punter food culture.
71
Cimitiere St, Launceston. 0417 352 780. www.harvestmarket.org.au.
Lark
Distillery
The
Lark Distillery Whisky Bar and Café in downtown Hobart offers the
chance to learn all about, and taste, a range of local whiskies and
brandies in a relaxed atmosphere.
Lark,
established by local businessman Bill Lark, and also offers a range
of fully escorted tours including a one-day and two-day tour taking
in local peat bogs, as well as the Ultimate Whisky Experience
four-day tour.
The
whiskies are made in small batches, exclusively from Tasmanian
ingredients and are matured in small barrels before being hand
bottled.
14
Davey Street, Hobart. (03) 6231 9088. www.larkdistillery.com.au.
Freycinet
Marine Farm
Pacific
oysters, native oysters and Tasmanian blue mussels all thrive in the
pristine waters of the
Greater Swanport river estuary and marine zones are off shore from
Freycinet National Park.
Visitors to the
Freycinet Marine Farm are able to don rubber wading boots and join
group tours, learning how oysters and mussels are grown and
harvested.
All tours includes a
tasting of oysters and mussels fresh from the sea, as well as
providing an overview of oyster farming in the state.
1784
Coles Bay Road, Coles Bay. (03) 62570140. www.freycinetmarinefarm.com
For
more information about tourism and wine destinations in Tasmania
visit: www.discovertasmania.com
and www.winetasmania.com.au.
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