About The Wine
Winemaker Jonny Hughes is really spreading his wings.
This is about as experimental a red as you will find in Tasmania at the moment. The Solstice is a unique blend of Dornfelder, Merlot, Baco Noir and Chardonnay. Dornfelder is an unusual German variety scarcely seen in Australia. It was created essentially in a lab in 1955 as a variety to add insane levels of colour and tannin to a red wine. This forms the base of the blend.
It's a strange and interesting thing to drink, and it's also made without any preservatives.
A sulphur-free, freaky blend from one of Tasmania's most interesting producers. Check it out if you're feeling like something a little different.
About Mewstone
Mewstone Wines is a joint venture between Jonny and Matt Hughes, two Tasmanian born wine-heads, and their respective wives Margie and Cathie.
The two families have invested in a small plot of land on the banks of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel in the charmingly named locality of Flowerpot, on the south-eastern tip of Tasmania. Matt works the grapes, Jonny makes the wines, taking what he learnt from seven years as assistant winemaker at Moorilla and re-imagining it for his own label.
The Hughes & Hughes wines offer some of the best value to be found in Tasmania at the moment, and the Mewstone premium range focuses on exceptional single-vineyard wines made in a style that Jonny wants to drink. James Halliday called them, "an utterly exceptional wine producer". Keep an eye on this ambitious pair as their star continues to rise.

Mewstone Vineyard, TAS