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Yalumba
Yalumba is an Australian winery located near the town of Angaston, South Australia in the Barossa Valley wine region. It was founded by a British brewer, Samuel Smith, who emigrated to Australia with his family from Wareham, Dorset in August 1847 aboard the ship ''China''. Upon arriving in Adelaide in December, Smith built a small house on the banks of the River Torrens. He lived there less than a year before moving north to Angaston where he purchased a block of land on the settlement's south eastern boundary. He named his property "Yalumba" after an indigenous Australian word for "all the land around". In 1849 Smith and his son Sidney planted Yalumba's first vineyards, beginning the Yalumba dynasty. Until the 1960s Yalumba was known for fortified wines. As at 2022 it was ranked the twelfth largest Australian wine company by production and ninth largest in terms of total revenue. Overview Yalumba is part of Australian wine alliance Australia's First Families of Wine, a mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Yalumba is an Australian winery located near the town of Angaston, South Australia in the Barossa Valley wine region. It was founded by a British brewer, Samuel Smith, who emigrated to Australia with his family from Wareham, Dorset in August 1847 aboard the ship ''China''. Upon arriving in Adelaide in December, Smith built a small house on the banks of the River Torrens. He lived there less than a year before moving north to Angaston where he purchased a block of land on the settlement's south eastern boundary. He named his property "Yalumba" after an indigenous Australian word for "all the land around". In 1849 Smith and his son Sidney planted Yalumba's first vineyards, beginning the Yalumba dynasty. Until the 1960s Yalumba was known for fortified wines. As at 2022 it was ranked the twelfth largest Australian wine company by production and ninth largest in terms of total revenue. Overview Yalumba is part of Australian wine alliance Australia's First Families of Wine, a mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Smith (winemaker)
Samuel Smith (1812–1889) was an early vigneron and winemaker in the colony of South Australia. The winery he founded, Yalumba, is now the oldest family-owned winery in Australia. Smith was born on 17 July 1812 at Wareham, Dorset in England. He became a brewer, married and had five children in England. The family migrated to South Australia on the ''China'' in 1847 and initially settled at Klemzig. By 1849, he had moved to Angaston and worked as a gardener for George Fife Angas. Smith bought of land and established a vineyard and orchard at night, while still working for Angas during the day. Smith and his son Sidney joined the Victorian gold rush in 1852. After four months and 16 shafts, they returned to South Australia with £300. He bought more land which he let out, two horses with harness and a plough, and saved the rest for cellars and a new house. By 1862, he had planted to shiraz grapes. He also gave cuttings to his neighbours and bought grapes from them. In 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barossa Valley (wine)
The Barossa Valley wine region is one of Australia (wine), Australia's oldest and most premier wine regions.K. MacNeil ''The Wine Bible'' pg 792 Workman Publishing 2001 Located in South Australia (wine), South Australia, the Barossa Valley is about 56 km (35 miles) northeast of the city of Adelaide. Unlike most of Australia whose wine industry was heavily influenced by the British (people), British, the wine industry of the Barossa Valley was founded by German settlement in Australia, German settlers fleeing persecution from the Prussian province of Silesia (in what is now Poland). The warm continental climate (wine), continental climate of the region promoted the production of very ripe grapes that was the linchpin of the early Australian fortified wine industry. As the modern Australian wine industry shifted towards red table wines (particularly those made by the prestigious Cabernet Sauvignon) in the mid-20th century, the Barossa Valley fell out of favor due to its reput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Wineries In The Barossa Valley
The Barossa Valley wine region is one of Australia's oldest and most premier wine regions.K. MacNeil ''The Wine Bible'' pg 792 Workman Publishing 2001 Located in South Australia, the Barossa Valley is about 56 km (35 miles) northeast of the city of Adelaide. Unlike most of Australia whose wine industry was heavily influenced by the British, the wine industry of the Barossa Valley was founded by German settlers fleeing persecution from the Prussian province of Silesia (in what is now Poland). The warm continental climate of the region promoted the production of very ripe grapes that was the linchpin of the early Australian fortified wine industry. As the modern Australian wine industry shifted towards red table wines (particularly those made by the prestigious Cabernet Sauvignon) in the mid-20th century, the Barossa Valley fell out of favor due to its reputation for being largely a Syrah from producers whose grapes were destined for blending. During this period the name "B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angaston, South Australia
Angaston is a town on the eastern side of the Barossa Valley in South Australia, 77 km northeast of Adelaide. Its elevation is 347 m, one of the highest points in the valley, and has an average rainfall of 561 mm. Angaston was originally known as ''German Pass'', but was later renamed after the politician, banker and pastoralist George Fife Angas, who settled in the area in the 1850s. Angaston is in the Barossa Council local government area, the state electoral district of Schubert and the federal Division of Barker. Railway Angaston was the terminus of the Barossa Valley railway line which was built in 1911. Regular passenger trains ended in 1968 and the line from Nuriootpa to Angaston was replaced by a walking trail. Notable former residents * George Fife Angas (1789–1879) politician, banker and possible former slaveholder or slavery emancipist. * Sir John Keith Angas (1900–1977) pastoralist * Hugh Thomas Moffitt Angwin (1888–1949) engineer and publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard
Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard is a family-owned wine company based in Milawa, Victoria, Australia. Brown Brothers was founded in 1889 by John Francis Brown and continues to be owned and operated by his descendants on the original property. Brown Brothers makes wine from a wide range of List of grape varieties, grape varieties and into a range of styles. History In 2009, Brown Brothers was asked to join Australian wine alliance Australia's First Families of Wine a multimillion-dollar venture to help resurrect the fortunes of the $6 billion industry highlighting the quality and diversity of Australian wine.Simon Evans, The Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 18 August 2009, Page 61 The 12 member alliance includes Brown Brothers, Campbells, Taylors, De Bortoli Wines, DeBortoli, McWilliam’s, Tahbilk, Tyrell’s, Yalumba, D'Arenberg, Howard Park Wines, Howard Park, Jim Barry and Henschke. The main criteria are that the family-owned companies need to have a "landmark wine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia's First Families Of Wine
Australia's First Families of Wine (AFFW) is an Australian wine initiative to promote Australian wine.Simon Evans, The Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 18 August 2009, Page 61 Members * Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard, Brown Brothers, founded in 1885, with vineyards in the King Valley, Heathcote and Swan Hill wine regions of Victoria * Campbells of Rutherglen, founded in 1870, with vineyards in the Rutherglen wine region of Victoria * D'Arenberg, (the Osborn family), founded in 1912, with vineyards in the McLaren Vale wine region of South Australia * Henschke, founded in 1868, with vineyards in the Eden Valley and Adelaide Hills wine regions of South Australia * Howard Park Wines, (the Burch family), founded in 1986, with vineyards in the Margaret River (wine region), Margaret River and Great Southern Wine Region, Great Southern wine regions of West Australian wine, Western Australia * Jim Barry Wines, founded in 1959, with vineyards in the Clare Valley and Coonawarra wine reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Park Wines
Howard Park Wines are Margaret River and Great Southern wine specialists and a family-owned winery owned by the Burch family, which is responsible for such brands as Howard Park, MadFish, and Marchand & Burch. With an established winery based in Margaret River, Western Australia and vineyards in the Great Southern, the Burch family are the first Australians to gain ownership in the production of a French Burgundian Grand Cru. The wine regions Margaret River wine region Margaret River Winery is located outside the small town of Cowaramup, the birthplace of what is now the Margaret River Wine Region. The vineyard that surrounds the winery named after the owner of Howard Park Wines father, Leston Burch Leston Vineyard is the vine-producing property and home of Howard Park Wines in Margaret River.Jordan Mackay, ''WineEnthusiast'' January 2006 The vineyard currently consists of about of vines including Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Petit Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult Wine
Cult wines are wines for which dedicated groups of committed enthusiasts will pay large sums of money. Cult wines are often seen as trophy wines to be collected or as investment wine to be held rather than consumed. Because price is often seen as an indicator of quality, sellers may adopt a premium pricing strategy where high prices are used to increase the desirability of such wines. This is true even for less expensive wines. For example, one vintner explained that "on several occasions we have had difficulty selling wines at US$75, but as soon as we raise the price to US$125 they sell out and get put on allocation".''Decanter'' (June, 2006). "Cape crusaders". pp. 90 & 92 California cult wines California cult wines refers to any of the California wines "typically but not exclusively Napa Valley Cabernets" for which collectors, investors and enthusiastic consumers will pay high prices. The emergence of the cult movement coincided with trends in the 1990s towards riper fruit and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langton’s Classification Of Australian Wine
''Langton's Classification of Australian Wine'' is a listing of fine Australian wines compiled by wine-specialist auction house and online merchant Langton's. The Classification is a ranking of the best-performing Australian wines based on secondary market support over a minimum of 10 vintages. It was first published in 1991. The Classification is divided into three categories - Exceptional, Outstanding and Excellent - and new editions have appeared at intervals of approximately five years. The seventh edition was published in August 2018 and includes 136 of Australia's finest wines. Editions of the classification are identified by Roman numerals. Langton's has been owned by Woolworths since 2009, until 2021 when it was spun off with other liquor businesses to make Endeavour Group. Langton's Classification of Australian Wine VII The most recent Classification was released in August 2018. Classification VII has three tiers; the Classification V had four tiers. The new tiers are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wineries In South Australia
A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the cultivation and production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratories, and large expanses of tanks known as tank farms. Wineries may have existed as long as 8,000 years ago. Ancient history The earliest known evidence of winemaking at a relatively large scale, if not evidence of actual wineries, has been found in the Middle East. In 2011 a team of archaeologists discovered a 6000 year old wine press in a cave in the Areni region of Armenia, and identified the site as a small winery. Previously, in the northern Zagros Mountains in Iran, jars over 7000 years old were discovered to contain tartaric acid crystals (a chemical marker of wine), providing evidence of winemaking in that region. Archaeological excavations in the southern Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli unc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
