Australia's First Families of Wines and Their Landmark Wines
December 02, 2016
The grouping of Australia’s First Families of Wines was created in 2009, representing the Australian wines to the world. These families are the oldest wineries of Australia with combined experience of more than 1600 years in wine making business and holding about 5000 hectares of vineyards.
|
First Families |
Year |
Landmark Wines |
|
Yalumba |
1849 |
Yalumba 'The Reserve' Cabernet-Shiraz |
|
Tyrrell's |
1858 |
Vat 1 Hunter Semillon |
|
Tahbilk |
1860 |
Tahbilk "1860 Vines" Shiraz |
|
Henschke |
1868 |
Hill of Grace |
|
Campbells |
1870 |
Rutherglen Muscat |
|
McWilliams |
1877 |
McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon |
|
Brown Brothers |
1885 |
Patricia Cabernet Sauvignon |
|
d'Arenberg |
1912 |
The Dead Arm Shiraz |
|
De Bortoli |
1928 |
|
|
Jim Barry |
1959 |
The Armagh The Florita |
|
Taylors |
1969 |
Taylors St Andrews range |
|
Howard Park |
1986 |
Howard Park "Abercrombie" Cabernet Merlot |
As can be seen, Yalumba is the oldest and Howard Park is the latest winery.
More details can be found at : https://www.australiasfirstfamiliesofwine.com.au/
