About us

Welcome to our little wine brand, Peco Wines.

We're Ben and Hannah. "Peco" is our last names put together: Pearson and Cox.

Our story

Hannah's parents own Swinging Gate Wines, and we helped them rejuvenate an old vineyard that needed a lot of love. Along the way we thought we'd give it a crack ourselves, making the wines we want to drink.

We share every job between us, from the vineyard to the winery.

Our wines

We make our wines in Sidmouth, in the Tamar Valley, Tasmania. Every wine is wild fermented, with nothing added. That includes sulphur, and we don't use fining agents either.

We make about 2,500 bottles a year from around 4 tonnes of fruit. We ferment and age in a mix of vessels: Georgian qvevri, Italian amphora, French oak, and stainless steel. Each one shapes the wine a little differently.

Some of our whites are skin-contact "orange" wines, made by fermenting white grapes with their skins.

For now, most of our fruit comes from Swinging Gate and other nearby vineyards. We planted our own vines in 2023 and hope for our first vintage in 2028.

Come and taste with us

Sundays, 12-5pm: pop-up cellar door at the Exchange Hotel, 141 Weld St, Beaconsfield.
Every second Saturday, 8:30am-12:30pm: Harvest Market, 71 Cimitiere St, Launceston @harvest_launceston.
Midweek: book a tasting with Hannah at Swinging Gate Wines. Call or text 0448 426 627.