Peel

Fast Facts

  • Latitude:
    32°31’S
  • Altitude:
    5–290 m
  • Heat degree days:
    2300–2350
  • Growing season rainfall:
    160–280 mm
  • Mean January temp:
    22–23°C
  • Harvest:
    Mid-February to mid-March
  • Chief viticultural hazard:
    Silvereye birds

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The European settlement of Peel dates back to 1829 when a visionary Thomas Peel brought three ships of migrants from England for the Peel Settlement Scheme. Thomas Peel, who arrived with an entourage from England to take up his entitlement, was apparently totally unprepared for both the climate and the work required to put the country into shape for farming, and quickly retired to the beach to drink gin and tonic (or its equivalent) under the protection of umbrellas. The British government was understandably unimpressed and three-quarters of his grant was revoked. Nonetheless, Thomas Peel was left with one-quarter of a million acres (101 215 hectares); this founded what became known as the Peel Estate, from which the vineyard takes its name.

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