The Tasmanian Wine Centre

On Collins Street in central Hobart, a family has run this boutique wine shop since 1986, long enough to have watched Tasmania's wine industry grow from a handful of vineyards into one of the country's most closely watched regions. The focus stays local: bottles from the state's cool-climate producers sit alongside a broader Australian and imported selection, chosen by staff who deal in the trade daily rather than rotate through it. It is the sort of shop locals rely on for a considered recommendation rather than a supermarket aisle of familiar labels, and visitors passing through the city centre can walk in without an appointment. Open weekdays only, which suits its role as a considered merchant rather than a tourist-hours bottle-o. For anyone assembling a case of Tasmanian wine to take home, or simply wanting an honest steer through the island's producers, it is a first stop in the CBD.