The first vines at Barringwood’s original Lower Barrington vineyard were planted on the site of a working sawmill in 1993. At the time the total area under vine in Tasmania was around 280 hectares. In the 24 years since Tasmania’s planting has increased 650% and while still only accounting for less than 1% of the total Australia wine grape crush the state is punching well above its weight in the production of truly world-class cool climate table and sparkling wines.