Devil’s Corner opens a drawcard cellar door tourist attraction on Tasmania’s east coast

A NEW $1.8 million home for Devil’s Corner wine featuring spectacular architecture and even more spectacular views has been unveiled on Tasmania’s east coast.

Hilary Burden TasWeekend columnIMAGE with LONG CAPTION: Once it was a funny old pit stop on the side of the Tasman Highway, a popular photo opportunity overlooking The Hazards. By December, the Apslawn hillside will site the new Devils Corner Cellar Door & Lookout designed by Hobart’s Cumulus Studios. Made from three upended sea containers clad in rough-sawn Tassie oak, it aims to put the East Coast Wine Route on the foodie map, with Coles Bay cafe Tombolo and Freycinet Marine Farm partnering inside. Perhaps the view was just fine without built architecture, but anyone who’s built their own tree-house might beg to differ.

A NEW $1.8 million home for Devil’s Corner wine featuring spectacular architecture and even more spectacular views has been unveiled on Tasmania’s east coast.

The Devil’s Corner Cellar Door and Lookout has views across the Hazards, from Sherbourne Rd at Apslawn.

It was created from metal and textured local timber and was designed by Cumulus Studio, the architects behind projects such as Pumphouse Point and Willie Smith’s Apple Shed.

Wine giant Brown Brothers acquired the Devil’s Corner vineyard site in 2010.

Company executive director Ross Brown said with the growth in tourism it was a natural progression to create a permanent home on the east coast.

Along with the cellar door, Devil’s Corner was partnering with local producers Freycinet Marine Farm and Tombolo Freycinet Café, who would have shopfronts at the site.

“The success of the Devil’s Corner wines across Australia, combined with the extraordinary interest in visiting the vineyard, has convinced us that we need to provide an enduring and memorable home for the brand,” Mr Brown said.

“The rugged Tasmanian landscape provides the perfect backdrop to this spectacular vineyard site and strongly engages visitors.”

Cumulus Studio director Peter Walker said: “The Cellar Door and food ‘market’ have been collected around a courtyard space which allows shelter and respite from the surrounding environment while allowing views through the tasting space to The Hazards beyond and access to open deck spaces.”

Along with the cellar door and local food offering, a new lookout would be opened on the site, with direct access from Sherbourne Rd for visitors to take a break, safely away from the road, and enjoy the magnificent view of the vines and Moulting Lagoon with the Hazards as a backdrop.