When Stirling returned to establish the colony in 1829, he created three points of presence: the port of Fremantle, Perth as the main commercial and political center and Guildford on the southern tip of the Swan Valley region.
First visit to the vineyard region of Swan, tasting 10 am with a palace, a very fresh wines Pinelli Italian family arriving in 1950 from the Molise region wines are good value for money.
picturesque Swan Valley, the oldest wine region of Western Australia
Organic Wines of Harris was founded in 1998. It is the only certified organic winery in the Swan Valley, Western Australia.
Duncan uses no irrigation, no herbicides, pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
The wine is made with great passion.
It produces wines of good character: a seductive Syrah, Chardonnay of good looks, great étonneur Chenin blanc, Verdelho a very moose.
Liqueur (without preservatives) Tokaji Muscat Pedro Ximenez are really fantastic.
It is a fortified wine Coming in December 2009, Methode Champenoise "Madeleine Claire" A snack?
Duncan has a lot of merit to spiritual wine. I wish him a world of fanatical succès.Dans herbicide.
Oakover Vineyard, wine aptitude, I enjoyed the Viognier 2007
The vineyard Talijancich , God made two nectars.
Julian James Reserve Muscat 1961 Solero. Blend No. 7 and Julian James Pedro Ximenes 1965 Solero. Blend No. 2. It was worth the trip. Talijancich is the king of the Swan Valley.
The sparkling wines of Jack Mann is excellent, develop as a champagne method, a quality more than surprising.
Mr. Mann is one of the best growers of Western Australia
wines John Kosovich , have good reputations.
excellent Cabernet Malbec, Shiraz not all bad, not great pinot noir, white very satisfesant, the best of the best fortified wine is these extra Muscat, Liqueur Verdelho superb.
Vineyard Sandalford just a machine that produces grape juice with alcohol.
And a personal na no idea of the vineyard, the wines are so waxed they sell a spray to remove the sulfate is in excess, and gives us all the headache, never view "They get themselves a reputation maivaise. Sandalford is just an industrial wine.
The vineyard Oughton
Frankly disappoint disappointed yet, wines n'on no personality and the staff is only good to fill the glasses, because they have no knowledge of the vineyard, this does not even deserve that I talk more. And these really bad because it was the first to produce wine.
Upper Reach, quality wine More investors and growers.
Vineyard in Lancaster, beautiful vineyards, wine easy to taste, with no temperament.
Gilead Estate is the wine every single way to say this in the true tradition.
Judy Gaunlet who lost her husband last year is all alone and continues to make wine exactly as her husband did have his own way. The austere wine with scents of wood smoke.
Faber Vineyard with John Griffiths, tres bon petit verdot and an excellent Cabernet, which could become a legend.
Cape Vale is located in the geographic area. They make mediocre wines.
vineyard Barreca's visit memorable. There are people who spend a fortune to make wines that taste is a medium and the other are modest wines, you will remember forever Barreca's wines, I'll remember for a long time. Not to be missed are Barbera and Shirzai viognierUn wine is like a peasant, must first work ca vine or ground, may not have the money.
Willow Bridge Estate. Farmers who are placed in viticulture, he was had a good start, now is the quantity and low quality.
Vineyard Flametree has great potential to come, their wine lacks character. To see in 10 years. With Shareholders can all do
Vineyard cape naturalist philosophy looking good farming the vineyard, a lack of finesse in the finish. May At least there is someone competent to sell their wine.
wines Windance remember the night in my tent. Their wines are a lot of medals, this has cost them dear anyway. The abre on the photo is a Nuytsia floribunda, commonly called the "Christmas Tree, Western Australia, is a parasite found in tree this state. It is famous for its bright yellow flowers that bloom around Christmas time (summer in Australia). It can reach 10 meters high and is part of the family Loranthaceae as mistletoe.
"Philosophy in Cullen revolves around three words: quality, integrity and sustainability. The land on which we planted our first vineyard was selected for its potential produce great Cabernet Sauvignon. The Margaret River region was chosen as a result of the work written by John Gladstones in 1965, in which he described as an area with high potential for the Bordeaux varietals, because of its Mediterranean climate and its ancient soils.
Vanya Cullen believes strongly in the maxim that great wines are made in the vineyard and the wine selection for their sites received special attention. At Cullen Wines, vines are cultivated without recourse to irrigation, to ensure quality of fruit and a typical maximum. The floors are old, made of granite and gravelly sandy loam, overlying basement lateritic. "The process is a perpetual exercise so that the vineyard is expressed at best in the bottle. My parents used techniques that were using a minimum of chemicals, and they were testing organic viticulture in 1971.
At that time they have planted the vines in our current area, Cullen Estate. In 1998, we began converting to organic vineyard and then in 2003 we opted for a more holistic practice and we have introduced the biodynamic. "biodynamic principles using homeopathic remedies and motions of planets to choose the best time for spraying. "We believe that best expresses the terroir and, for without the use of chemicals, the vineyard can achieve its true potential. The fruit has better tannin structure and fruity flavors more vibrant, then we look forward to seeing the progress that our future vintages.
At Cullen vineyard is alive, which reflects the quality, many in the region should choose the philosophy of Dr. Cullenq which is a good example, it is possible to make great wine without putting chemicals.
Moss Wood, a little sad that he could not receive me, too much effort to reach them, which seems, there of good Cab and Chardo?
Vasse Felix, just a story. Chardo cab and unquestionable quality. The first commercial vineyard near Margaret River were planted in 1967 by Dr Tom Cullity in Vasse Felix vineyards.
However, the real pioneers of the industry wine in the region are Diana and Kevin Cullen, who owned land adjacent to Vasse Felix on which they had the previous year, planted an acre of vines as expérimental.Le name to give this wine comes from Thomas Timothy Vasse is a French sailor who participated in the trip to the South Seas led by Nicolas Baudin, from Le Havre at the end of the year 1800.Installé aboard the Naturaliste, he was left for dead off the coast of Australia on June 8 1801 but might have escaped from drowning and survived for some time on the coast of what is now Western Australia, according to several testimonies Aborigines. And Felix: Happy
Peace Tree is a lot of credit for their approach which is near the soil, the wines are doing with passion, it lacks the structure in the wine.
Heydon Estate, which is fine with the wine shop, they make a small amount, Heydon Chardo produces three wines, Cab Sab, botrytis semillon, they are remarkably well done .
Merops Wines are Jim Ross and Yvonne, worthy of a great vintage. Fruit quality must be optimal from Jim. And it is true that the fruit in the wine is smooth. There is no mystery in practice biodynamyque.
biodynamic viticulture is, in general, rehabilitate, revitalize and strengthen the organic life in the communities where the living vine. This is to intensify exchanges between the plant and its environment (soil and air), so as to obtain the best grapes and therefore better wines. Biodynamics seeks to strengthen the vitality and resilience of plants, improving trade between natural soil and roots, and between heaven and leaves ... to optimize the expression of terroir in grapes and therefore wine. In this regard, biodynamic wines are supposed to guarantee a better expression of terroir ...
Cape Mentelle, yes yes of course, it's good with that much money it's easy to make wine . And there's something for everyone, if you go buy a name.
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Leewin Estate chardos are excellent by the cons must pay the price that is known for good wines Leewin .. May it cost!
Voyager Estate, Michael Wright, who made his fortune working for a company of mine (deposit) invested there, now he complains that companies want to mine 's installed in the region. The funny Michael. Another vineyard penny. The wines are well managed and there are no surprises.
Eagle Vale. owner Steve Jacobs who buy property in 1991.Et there Guy & Chantal Gallienne enthusiasts in the art, bitter wine, with a tremendous work they create entire reputation Eagle Vale.
A small company for wines that speak themselves, structure and quality, especially the white smoke that stands very high in the region.
Xanado, John and Eithne Lagan arrive Margaret River in 1968 and in 2005 it has sold Darren Rathbone and now it's become big business. What a pity! Nothing extraordinary. I'm afraid the most interesting is the name derive from the poetic novel Xanodo Kubla Khan Samuel Taylor Coleridge speaks Xanadu or Shangdu, the summer palace of Emperor Kublai Khan
At Xanadu, Kublai Khan decreed a sumptuous palace Where pleasures of the waves engulfed sacred Alpheus, By caves to man unfathomable
Until depths of a sea without sole
Until depths of a sunless sea.
The Vineyard of the empire Howard Park is Western Australia's largest family estate owned property Burch family, which is responsible for brands such as Howard Park Madfish, and Marchand & Burch.
Families First Australian Wine (AFFW) one-million-dollar multiple risk to help revive the fortunes of the billion $ 6 Industry stressing quality and diversity of Australian wines, Howard Park Wines is the only representative from Western Australia to be included in the AFFW. The alliance members 12 includes Brown Brothers, Campbell, Taylor, DeBortoli, McWilliam, Tahbilk, Tyrell, Yalumba , D'Arenberg, Jim Barry, Howard Park, and Henschke. This means everything.
Until 1870, the city struggled to grow, but with the sudden need for construction lumber Karri and Jarrah (Eucalyptus), the town prospered with the opening of many sawmills. 
The tree grows to 90 meters, being one of the larger species worldwide. 
The first European to pass through the area was Captain Louis de Freycinet aboard his boat Casaruina in 1803. He named the area Port Leschenault in honor of the expedition botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour. Geographe Bay was called by the name of another boat in the fleet. 
