Jansz offers a sparkling winter experience

Jansz Tasmania is encouraging wine lovers to embrace the stillness and the chill of Tasmania’s Off Season with a luxe new wine room experience: "Winter With Jansz Tasmania".

OK, it is not the catchiest name, but the indulgent package for two celebrates the pleasures of winter, Tasmanian-style, as part of Tourism Tasmania's campaign. 

Wine lovers are invited to the Jansz Tasmania Wine Room in the heart of the Pipers River wine region to watch the weather roll in across the vineyards and lake. 

The Winter With Jansz Tasmania experience includes:

* 2 x Ultimate Tasting Flights

* A shared lunch platter featuring locally sourced Tasmanian produce

* A Jansz Tasmania wine bottle stopper

* 1 x bottle of your choice: Vintage Cuvée or Vintage Rosé

* A Tasmanian-made woollen beanie or scarf

The cost is $180 for two. 

“Winter is a time when Tasmania reveals its true character; wild, beautiful and wonderfully quiet,” says Daniel Kavanagh, Jansz Tasmania’s new Wine Room manager.

“Our Off Season experience is about slowing down, soaking it all in, and discovering the warmth that sparkling wine and good company can bring to even the coldest day.”

Bookings are essential and can be made via jansz.com.au. The experience is available Thursdays to Mondays during winter. 

Experience the Aurora in all its winter glory

Winter in Hobart is the perfect time to explore Tasmania's night sky, alive with vibrant stars and the ethereal Aurora Australis that projects hues of purple and green glows.

One of Hobart's leading hotels, The Tasman, a Luxury Collection Hotel, has just launched its "Skygazer'' Experience.

The new offering is led by Tasmanian photographer and Aurora chaser Luke O'Brien, who will offer participants an intimate photography lesson, showcasing the stunning features of the southern night sky - subject to local weather conditions.

The Aurora - often too subtle for the naked eye - , its celestial presence is best viewed through digital lens photography. 

'"Skygazer" experience inclusions are a night sky photography session with Tasmanian photographer Luke O'Brien; transfers to and from the locations selected by the photographer; spiced Tasmanian apple cider; Tasmanian Waverley Mills merino wool scarf and The Aurora Chaser's Handbook for guests to take home as a keepsake.

Comprising three linked buildings - Heritage, Art Deco, and a new contemporary design wing - The Tasman is the first Luxury Collection hotel in Australia.

For an overnight stay at The Tasman, rooms start from $350 per room per night.

Check out www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/hbalc-the-tasman-a-luxury-collection-hotel-hobart

The "Skygazer" Experience' is bookable from June 1-August 31 from an additional $580 for an individual experience, or $450 per person for a group experience, bookable via the hotel concierge at 03 6240 6000.