Say cheese: The Kiln ready to fire up again.

Short-lived but much-loved Tasmanian venue The Kiln is to be re-born as a new food and drink collective in a boost to the Huon Valley, south of Hobart. 

Nick Haddow, founder of Bruny Island Cheese & Beer, has leased the historic property, originally built to dry hops, to serve as the Kiln Collective, a collaborative cellar door and a Ranelagh food hub. 

The inaugural members will include Bruny Island Cheese & Beer, Haddow + Dineen Wines, Wild Mother and Henskens Rankin. 

Haddow hopes to have the site and a suite of upmarket gourmet experiences ready to coincide with the Dark Mofo festival in Hobart next month. 

The Kiln Collective will be a local outlet for quality small-batch and artisanal products in a space that has been empty since The Kiln restaurant closed earlier this year.

Haddow (above) founded Bruny Island cheese two decades ago and much of the milk for those cheeses comes from dairy herds in the Huon Valley.

Haddow and Dineen is a wine partnership with Jeremy Dineen, formerly chief winemaker at Josef Chromy. The duo has access to fruit from several of the best vineyard sites in the state. 

Hanskens Rankin is an artisan operation making only tiny batches of aged sparkling wines, while Tim Jones at Wild Mother makes small-batch vinegars, tonics and barrel-aged condiments. 

More collaborators and further details will be released shortly - along with a menu of coffee, cheese plates and other gourmet offerings.   

"We are being very slow and careful as we do want to reflect the best of Tasmania," Haddow told GoTR. 

"We want a shared tasting experience and to create a program of tasting experiences that will take people into the story behind the products - with the makers.

"The availability of the Kiln has brought our plans forward. We'll to add to the offering as we go ahead."   

For now, the venue will offer cellar door experiences; community events, farmers markets and one-off tastings, as well as bookable events like cheese and beer matchings, or a tasting with a winemaker.  

In the meantime, take a look at the logo: