Margaret River

Fast Facts

  • Latitude:
    33°57’S
  • Altitude:
    40 m
  • Heat degree days:
    1690
  • Growing season rainfall:
    200 mm
  • Mean January temp:
    20.4°C
  • Harvest:
    End February to mid-April
  • Chief viticultural hazard:
    Silvereye birds

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Unlike the Great Southern region, Margaret River does have a nineteenth-century winemaking heritage, albeit on a small scale. The grandfather of the late Dr Kevin Cullen (founder of Cullen Wines) established a vineyard at Bunbury in 1890. Ephraim Clarke continued to grow and make wine until his death in 1921; the vineyard was ultimately swallowed up in Bunbury’s urban sprawl.

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