Stargazer Opens Beautiful New Cellar Door

Written By Campbell Mattinson

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Stargazer Wines has officially opened a dedicated tasting room on its estate vineyard in the Coal River Valley. The opening marks a significant milestone for winemaker and owner Samantha Connew, who founded the label in 2013 after being drawn to the region for its cool-climate conditions reminiscent of her native New Zealand.

The intimate and architecturally designed space reflects Connew’s bespoke, small-batch approach to winemaking. Seating just 12 guests, it has been designed to host one-hour, guided tasting experiences around a handcrafted communal table. Three guided tastings will be held per day, and the tasting room will also host special events, including collaborative dinners.

“Opening this tasting room is a very personal achievement for me,” said Sam Connew. “Much of my earlier career centered on achieving consistency, but Stargazer has been about embracing the nuances of site, season and variety. This space is an opportunity to bring those stories to life and share them firsthand with the people who enjoy our wines.”

Bookings are essential for the intimate tastings, held Friday through Monday at 10:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. Guests can reserve via the Stargazer website, with tastings priced at $35 per guest. Members of the Constellation, Palisander and Explorer Clubs enjoy complimentary visits.

Bookings: stargazerwine.com.au

Location: 37 Rosewood Lane, Tea Tree, Tasmania

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Stargazer is one of Australia’s Best Wineries and is a Mattinson Ten-Star Winery.

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Campbell Mattinson is the founder of The Winefront business and is the former chief editor of Halliday Wine Companion. He’s published five books on wine, four of them bestsellers. He’s the only person to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once.

Campbell Mattinson

This post was written by Campbell Mattinson. Mattinson is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of The Winefront business. He is the author of five books on wine – four of which were bestsellers (The Wine Hunter, the Big Red Wine Book 2008, the Big Red Wine Book 2009, and the Big Red Wine Book 2010).

Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson, who is 100% independent, has tasted between 5000 and 10,000 wines each and every year for the past 25 years. He tastes blind, in comparative brackets, as often as is practicable.

Campbell Mattinson is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic. In all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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