- Schiller Vineyards
Schiller Vineyards located in the wine region of
Barossa Valley , South Australia; was established back in 1864 when the first vines were planted by Carl Freidrich Schiller. Carl arrived in 1855 to South Australia and settled in the small Barossa village of Light Pass. Schiller Vineyards today is a sixth generation family owned and operated vineyard, and producer of exclusive aged red wines.The Vineyard
Schiller Vineyards have over convert|160|acre|km2 under vine, when harvested majority of the grapes are sold to premium Barossa wine producers for the production of quality table wines. Schiller Vineyards also produce their own wines under the Stonetrain & Schiller Vineyards labels.
The vineyard plantings consist of a number of different varieties, and varying ages of vines. Plantings include Shiraz,
Grenache ,Cabernet Sauvignon ,Merlot ,Mourvèdre ,Chardonnay ,Riesling ,Semillon ,. Majority of the harvest are sold to large local Barossa wineries.The Stonetrain vineyard planted to Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon are dedicated to Schiller Vineyards premium red blend the Stonetrain. In 1917 the South Australian Railways purchased convert|3|acre|m2 of vineyard for the establishment of a railway line. This was later used to transport rock from the
quarry , overlooking Light Pass, to Adelaide. Locals affectionately referred to this as the stonetrain.The Race course vineyard is a 70 acre property situated in the village of Light Pass was once regularly used by locals in the 1900’s for racing their horses. The race meetings were discontinued in 1956 but locals still refer to this land as the racecourse. Schiller vineyards took the opportunity to purchase this parcel of land, and over half the property is now planted to vineyard. The S.G is a wine sourced from the Shiraz and Grenache vines which lay where the race horses once galloped.
External links
* [http://www.winebarossa.com Wine Barossa]
* [http://www.winestate.com.au/magazine/review.asp?issueno=60&review=New%20Release Winestate Magazine Reviews]
* [http://www.schillervineyards.com.au Schiller Vineyards]
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