Henty

Fast Facts

  • Latitude:
    38°21’S
  • Altitude:
    15-100 m
  • Heat degree days:
    1204
  • Growing season rainfall:
    300 mm
  • Mean January temp:
    17.7°C
  • Harvest:
    Mid March to mid May
  • Chief viticultural hazard:
    Poor fruit set

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Previously (unofficially) known as Drumborg or Far South-west Victoria, the name adopted at the time of GI registration honours Edward Henty, the first permanent settler in what was to become the colony of Victoria. He landed at Portland Bay on 19 November 1834, bringing merino sheep and vines from Tasmania. While he presumably planted the vines, they disappeared without trace, but the sheep flourished. Henty is ideal grazing country, gently undulating, the grass staying green for much of the year in normal seasons.

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