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Murray Davey Tyrrell (10 February 19212 October 2000) was an Australian
winemaker A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes: *Cooperating with viticulturists *Monitoring the maturity of grapes to ensure their quality and to de ...
. He served in the armed force during
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, and later worked as a cattleman. In 1959 he took over the Tyrell family's winery. With Len Evans, Tyrrell developed the Rothbury estate from the late 1960s until their relationship ended in 1981. He was prominent in the development of the wine industry in the
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of
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, and for many years was regarded as the leading promoter and spokesperson for the wine industry there, popularizing Australian
pinot noir Pinot noir (), also known as Pinot nero, is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name also refers to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words fo ...
and
chardonnay Chardonnay (, ; ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new a ...
. He was an advocate for traditional winemaking, against the industry's move towards more technological winemaking from around the 1970s. In the
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, he was appointed a Member of the
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(AM) for "service to the wine industry and to tourism". In November 1988, the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation suspended his export licence following the discovery that Tyrrell's Vineyards wine contained excessive levels of
sorbitol Sorbitol (), less commonly known as glucitol (), is a sugar alcohol with a sweet taste which the human body metabolizes slowly. It can be obtained by reduction of glucose, which changes the converted aldehyde group (−CHO) to a primary alco ...
, a banned non-toxic additive. It was restored a few weeks later after Tyrrell's Vineyards promised to follow the rules. There were concerns this would be damaging to the Australian export market in light of the effects of similar scandals following the
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and in Austria.


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An interview with Murray Tyrrell by Mel Platt
1921 births 2000 deaths Members of the Order of Australia Australian winemakers People from Cessnock, New South Wales {{wine-bio-stub