This delightful white comes from a patch of vines that get picked first every year. The aim here is to capture that distinctive musky-floral Gewürztraminer stamp and make something that feels fresh and frisky, lively and properly crisp, yet also with a distinctive, light-textured edge thanks to the time it spends in old barrels.

Ricky Evans is the brains and the grunt behind sister labels Havilah and Two Tonne Tasmania. He started his journey in 2013 when he managed to buy, yep, you guessed it, two tonnes of Tamar Valley Pinot Noir. From there he has diversified into Chardonnay, sparkling, skin contact, Riesling...and from up and down the length of Tasmania. He makes wines that reflect the varied terroirs of Tasmania, and we're liking the style! Havilah is the sister winery to Two Tonne Tasmania. Wines under this label are an expression of creativity - as Ricky puts it, "an outlet for anything that we feel like doing at any particular moment. It is basically anything that isn’t Pinot Noir, Chardonnay & Riesling. There is fun stuff, fizzy stuff, orange stuff". We like the sound of that! Ricky also runs a cellar door space, also named Havilah, in Launceston, that is more of a wine bar/bistro that just happens to have his wines. It's a cool space, and fits the groove that wines are in. Overall, this is a smart operation, and certainly one to watch.