wInE TIMELInE
1914
First recorded vine plantings (table grape production for home and district)
1965
Mr (later Dr) John Gladstone publishes 'The Climate and Soils of South Western Australia in Relation to Vine Growing'
1966
Public meeting held in Busselton due to interest generated from Gladstone report
1967
First commercial vineyard (for dry table wine production) planted at Vasse Felix by Dr Tom Cullity
1980s
The Margaret River Wine Industry Association (MRWIA) campaigns for the development of a dedicated wine region protected under statute for Margaret River
1996
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation granted under Federal statute to the MRWIA the term Margaret River Geographic Indicator (GI = wine region) for everything to the West of 115 degrees 18 minutes East.
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