Australia's coolest wine region, the island of Tasmania has become the country's premier source of sparkling wine — crisp, fine, Champagne-method fizz from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, grown in a cold maritime climate that the mainland cannot match. Its still Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are increasingly prized too.
As a warming climate pushes growers south, Tasmania's stock has risen fast, and mainland Champagne-method producers now source much of their best fruit here. Cold, clean and green, it is the cool-climate frontier of Australian wine.