Black Cow Bistro wins Best Tassie Wine List

Long-serving Launceston dining institution Black Cow Bistro has won the Judges’ Choice Award for the Best Tasmanian Wine List at the Tassie Wine Stars event last night.

Wine Tasmania CEO Sheralee Davies says, “As the quality of wine and food experiences in Tasmania continues to increase, so does the calibre of entrants in this awards program.

“The difficult task of selecting the winners from a competitive list of 15 finalists also saw special mention of three highly commended venues – T42 Hobart, The Agrarian Kitchen (New Norfolk) and 2023 winner Grain of the Silos (Launceston).”

Wine Tasmania also released the new 2025 edition of its Tasmanian Wine Trails publication at the Tassie Wine Stars event.

This brochure, concierge map and accompanying online directory serves as the go-to guide for visiting Tasmania’s cellar doors across four parts of the state – the North-West, Tamar Valley, East Coast and Southern Wine Trails respectively.

With Tourism Tasmania this week launching a new campaign encouraging locals to get out and explore closer to home this summer, Wine Tasmania is encouraging locals and visitors alike to put the Tasmanian Wine List of the Year venues and experiences showcased in the 2025 Tasmanian Wine Trails publication on the bucket list.

“We Tasmanians are spoiled for choice when it comes to extraordinary local wine and food experiences,” Ms Davies says.

“The word is definitely out, with 23 percent of all visitors to Tassie in the year to June 2024 calling into a cellar door during their stay, staying longer in our regional areas and spending more than other visitor segments.”

Award winners

Judges’ Choice Best Tasmanian Wine List
Black Cow Bistro (highly commended: Grain of the Silos, T42 Hobart and The Agrarian Kitchen)

Judges’ Choice Best Tasmanian Small Wine Bar List
Stanley Wine Bar

Judges’ Choice Best Tasmanian Regional Wine List
The Old Bank of Geeveston

People’s Choice Best Tasmanian Wine List
Cradle Mountain Wilderness Village

The finalists were: The Agrarian Kitchen (New Norfolk), Aloft Restaurant (Hobart), Black Cow Bistro (Launceston), Cradle Mountain Wilderness Village (Cradle Mountain), Cultura Espresso Bar and Restaurant (Hobart), Driftwood Restaurant (Lauderdale), The Drunken Admiral (Hobart), Grain of the Silos (Invermay, Mudbar Restaurant (Launceston), Mures Upper Deck (Hobart), The Old Bank of Geeveston (Geeveston), Peppina (Hobart), Stanley Wine Bar (Stanley), T42 Hobart (Hobart) and Templo (Hobart).

Printed copies of the 2025 Tasmanian Wine Trails brochure and A3 concierge map can be picked up from cellar doors and visitor information centres around the state.

Alternatively, copies can be requested by contacting Wine Tasmania on mail@winetasmania.net.au. The online Tasmanian Wine Trails can be accessed at https://winetasmania.com.au/wine-trails or downloaded as a PDF document here.