Mewstone + Hughes & Hughes

Matthew & Jonathan Hughes

Mewstone has appeared comet-like in its success. The wines – hailing from the banks of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel in Tasmania’s viticultural deep south – have been accorded a rapid series of accolades, but though that ascension may seem quick, it was laboriously built from the ground upYoung Gun of wine

Brothers Matthew and Jonathan Hughes established Mewstone vineyard on the banks of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel in 2011 which lies south of Hobart & across from Bruny island. Matthew tells the story that it was in fact the tasting of a former label/bottle now defunct from a vineyard planted in this exact subregion that inspired them to purchase a cherry orchard just meters from this site and begin clearing & planting for Mewstone.

In addition to the Mewstone wines they produce a second range called hughes + hughes, made from a collection of vineyards from across the Southern regions of Tasmania from Coal River, Derwent, North West & the D’Entrecasteaux Channel.