Wine+industry

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 * Vines were brought over from New South Wales, from John Macarthur's farm at Camden. Cuttings were also brought out from Cape Town, South Africa.
 * The earliest in winemakers SA were English grapegrowers: Hamilton, Reynell, Penfold, Kelly (later Hardy).
 * In 1847 Johann Gramp established his winery at Rowland Flat, and in 1851 Joseph Seppelt built his winery at Seppeltsfield. (Benno Seppelt expanded the winery in the 1890s to become the largest winery in Australia).
 * Victoria in the 1890s produced three times as much wine as South Australia until the disease Phylloxera hit the eastern states.
 * Over the years fortified wines have been replaced by table wines.

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