time, the science of viticulture was in full swing, with some important books published, notably Jules Guyot’s Culture de la Vigne et Vinification , which was translated into English and published in Melbourne in 1861. Previously, Letters on the Culture of the Vine, Fermentation, and the Management of the Wine in the Cellar (1844) by Maro (the pen name of William Macarthur) was extensively published through the colonial press. Dr AC Kelly’s 1861 The Vine in Australia: Its Culture and Management was considered by many vignerons as a seminal work on growing and making wine in Australia. During the 1860s, Cape Colony wine was regarded by observers, including Kelly, as being inferior, and most vignerons with ambitions to make quality wine looked for better available vinestocks.
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The Vintage Journal – Regional Focus
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