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Penfolds is a famous Australian winery based in the South Australian
Barossa
Valley wine growing region, with vineyards
in McLaren Vale, Clare
Valley, Coonawarra,
Magill and several other regions.
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in Australia began with the English physician Dr. Christopher
Rawson Penfold in 1844. Penfold began with vines planted just
out of the South Australian city of Adelaide in Magill. The doctor
produced sherry and port as he believed in the medicinal properties
of fortified wines and used them on his patients.
The Penfolds vineyards expanded as their wines grew in popularity.
It was in the 1940s that the company started to experiment with
producing the table wines that the company is now famous for.
At the time, much of the wine produced in Australia was fortified
wine.
Australian
winemaker Max Schubert played a major role in producing the
famous Penfolds Grange wines, which were first called "Penfolds
Grange Hermitage". Bottles of Grange are highly prized by
wine collectors and connoisseurs, with large prices being paid
at auction, particularly for the first experimental year of 1951
which can fetch more than $50,000 for one bottle.
"It's so essential that a winemaker give some of his personality
to his wine. His personality is part and parcel of the wine itself.
The greatest wines have implanted in them the ideas of the winemaker
as to what they should be. His character is part of the wine."
Max
Schubert Quotes
The Penfolds label has been held by various companies and conglomerates
over the years, including S.A. Brewing, Southcorp Wines, and now
the Fosters Group company.
Penfolds has wineries in Magill and the Barossa Valley, with vineyards
in Clare Valley, Eden Valley, McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills, Coonawarra,
Padthaway, Robe and Tumbarumba
in New South Wales.
Photos of Penfolds Vineyards
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Penfolds Cellar Door
Penfolds has two cellar doors in the wine growing regions of
the Barossa Valley and Magill in South Australia.
Barossa Valley Cellar Door
Penfolds Barossa Valley Winery
Tanunda Road Nuriootpa SA 5355
10:00am to 5:00pm Daily
Magill Cellar Door
Magill Estate
78 Penfold Road, Magill, SA 5072
10:30am to 4:30pm Daily
Famous Penfolds Wines
- Penfolds
Grange - Barossa Valley Shiraz (red wine)
- Penfolds
St. Henri Shiraz - South Australian Shiraz (red wine)
- Penfolds
RWT (Red Winemaking Trial) - Barossa Valley Shiraz (red wine)
- Penfolds
Magill Estate Shiraz - South Australian Shiraz (red wine)
- Penfolds
Bin 707 - South Australian Cabernet Sauvignon (red wine)
- Penfolds
Yattarna - South Australian Chardonnay (white wine)
- Penfolds
Bin A - South Australian Chardonnay (white wine)
Contact
Penfolds
Ph: 1300 651 650 (within Australia) or +61 3 9633 2000 (Outside
of Australia)
Web: http://www.penfolds.com.au/
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