King Valley

Fast Facts

  • Latitude:
    36°20’S
  • Altitude:
    155–860 m
  • Heat degree days:
    1350–1580
  • Growing season rainfall:
    640–1410 mm
  • Mean January temp:
    20.8–22°C
  • Harvest:
    Early March to late April
  • Chief viticultural hazard:
    Mildew

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The King Valley began life as a tobacco- growing region, the rich soils and hard work of the predominantly Italian farmers ensuring a highly profitable business. But times change, and as the tobacco leaf market dwindled away, other crops had to be found. Graziers, too, were looking to diversify, and with crucial encouragement from Brown Brothers in the early 1970s, viticulture was the route chosen by most.

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