c1850s Hewitson, Old Fence Line Block (Frontignac/ Muscat à Petits Grains), Barossa Valley South Australia 1854 Clifton Estate Home Block (Shiraz Yalumba), Barossa Valley, South Australia (believed) 1854 The Battle of Eureka Stockade takes place 3 December 1855 Bordeaux Classification, Paris Universal Exhibition, France; Sir William Macarthur becomes a NSW Commissioner and is knighted 1858 Torbreck Hillside Vineyard 1858 Plantings (Shiraz), Barossa Valley, South Australia c1858 Stonegarden Vineyard (Riesling, Frontignac, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Mataro & Malbec), Eden Valley, South Australia 1860s Barossa Ridge (Shiraz Maverick), Barossa Valley, South Australia 1860s Henschke Hill of Grace Vineyard Grandfathers Block (Shiraz), Eden Valley, South Australia 1861 AC Kelly’s The Vine in Australia: Its Culture and Management is published; French scientist Jules Guyot’s Culture de la vigne et vinification is translated and published in Melbourne and becomes an important a manual for 19th century Australian vignerons 1862 Phylloxera arrives in France, foreshadowing opportunity for Australian vignerons; the International Exhibition is held in London 1865 Asbroek Old Block Vineyard (Shiraz St Hallett), Barossa Valley, South Australia 1870 Chateau Tanunda, Lot 100 Vine Vale Vineyard (Shiraz), Barossa Valley, South Australia c1870 Hilder Vineyard (Mataro Z Wines), Barossa Valley, South Australia c1870 Ahren’s Creek (Shiraz Maverick), Barossa Valley, South Australia
Turkey Flat Ancestor Vineyard
1850 Torbreck Hillside Vineyard 1850 plantings (Shiraz), Barossa Valley, South Australia 1851 The Great Exhibition is held in London; the colony of Victoria is founded; the Gold Rush begins 1852 First iron-hulled steam ships plough the seas between Australia and England; Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, previously First President of France’s Second Republic, becomes Emperor Napoleon III of France’s Second Empire 1853 France takes possession of New Caledonia in the Pacific 1853-56Crimean War 1853 Hewitson Old Garden (Mourvèdre/ Mataro), Barossa Valley, South Australia
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