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Cabernet is king in Coonawarra
Coonawarra’s agricultural history
began in the mid- 1800s when settlers
recognised the potential of the flat,
fertile plains for sheep farming and fruit
growing.
Enterprising Scottish settler John
Riddoch planted Coonawarra’s first
grapevines in 1891, thirty years after
establishing a lucrative sheep farm at
Penola. Thanks to the work of pioneering
work of people like David Wynn and
Bill Redman today Coonawarra is,
perhaps alongside Margaret River,
Australia’s most famous cool-climate
region for Cabernet Sauvignon.
The grape varietal has found a home
Discovering Aussie Wines
Coonawarra
Part 3