Tasmania

Australia · island state

Tasmania is an Australian island state where sparkling wine made up 41% of all wine from the 2026 vintage, according to Wine Tasmania.1 Its sparkling wine is made from Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier.2

Sparkling in the island's output

Wine Tasmania's vintage reports show sparkling wine as a large part of Tasmanian production: 38% of the 2024 vintage and 41% of the 2026 vintage.2,1

Measure20242026
Grapes processed16,805 t11,163 t
Wine producedabout 1,214,000 cases806,000 cases
Sparkling share38%41%

Figures from the Wine Tasmania vintage reports.2,1 For 2026, Wine Australia's estimate of the crush was 11,219 t, close to the island's own figure.1 The total bearing vineyard area in the 2026 report was about 2,451 ha.1

Grapes

Tasmanian sparkling wine is described as made from three varieties:2

These are the three main varieties of Champagne as well.3

What the reports do not say

The reports give the sparkling share of production, not the method used, the time on the lees or the split between styles. No appellation rules specific to Tasmanian sparkling wine were collected for this page. For the steps that bottle-fermented wines go through, see traditional method.

Compared with England

The same three varieties are permitted in the English PDO and are the principal varieties of Sussex, where they are fixed by a legal specification rather than described in an industry report.4,5

See also

AustraliaRegionsPinot NoirGrapesChardonnayGrapesMeunierGrapesChampagneRegionsTraditional methodMethods

Sources

  1. Wine Tasmania. Vintage 2026 report (2026)
  2. Wine Tasmania. Vintage 2024 report (2024)
  3. Comité Champagne. Grape varieties
  4. Defra. English Wine PDO specification (December 2011), Part 2 Quality Sparkling Wine (2011-12)
  5. Defra Wine Team, hosted by WineGB. Defra guidance / application specification: Sussex quality sparkling wine PDO (rev. Sept 2019) (2019-09)

Facts checked on 2026-10-19