Coorinja Vineyard

Coorinja Vineyard
Location 5989 Toodyay Road,
Toodyay WA 6566, Australia
Coordinates 31°36′22″S 116°26′51″E / 31.60611°S 116.44750°E / -31.60611; 116.44750Coordinates: 31°36′22″S 116°26′51″E / 31.60611°S 116.44750°E / -31.60611; 116.44750
Wine region Central Western Australia zone
Founded 1870 (1870)s
Key people
  • Wood family, owners
  • Michael Wood, winemaker
Known for Shiraz
Varietals Chenin blanc, Gordo muscat, Grenache, Shiraz
Distribution Local
Tasting Open to public

Coorinja Vineyard (often referred to as Coorinja Winery or Coorinja Wines) is an Australian winery based at Toodyay, in the Central Western Australia wine zone of Western Australia.[1] Founded in about the 1870s, it is one of the oldest in the state.[2]

The winery has been described by Michael Zekulich, former wine writer for The West Australian, as "a fortified haven".[3] Its name is an Aboriginal word believed to mean "place of the seven springs".[4]

The Coorinja property has been owned by the Wood family since 1919.[5] The family also runs a cropping and sheep operation there.[6]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Halliday 2008, p. 231.
  2. ↑ "Coorinja Winery". Experience the Avon Valley website. Avon Tourism. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Zekulich 2000, p. 98.
  4. ↑ "WA Wineries: Coorinja Vineyard". Scoop Publishing website. Scoop Publishing. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Adams, Tate (2006). The First Vines. South Yarra, Vic: Macmillan Art Publishing; St Lucia, Qld: The State Library of Queensland. p. 74. ISBN 1876832290.
  6. ↑ Cattle, Tyson (25 June 2013). "Wheat gets a berth". Farm Weekly. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

Bibliography

  • Halliday, James (2008). James Halliday's Wine Atlas of Australia (rev. ed.). Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. pp. 230–231. ISBN 9781740666855. 
  • Zekulich, Michael (2000). Wine Western Australia (all new ed.). Perth: St George Books. ISBN 0867780614. 

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