N[0]="Wantirna Estate";
E[0]="wantirnaestate@bigpond.com.au";
A[0]="Bushy Park Lane, Wantirna South, Vic 3152";
W[0]="http://www.eps.com.au/hosted/wantirna/index.html";
T[0]="+61 (0) 3 9801 2367";
F[0]="+61 (0) 3 3 9887 0225";
D1[0]=" Wantirna Estate Vineyard is not far from the centre of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria. Whilst the region had been a thriving grape growing region in the mid 1800’s, by the end of the 1930’s, all the vineyards had been turned ";
D2[0]="over to pasture because of the economic depression. The 1963 planting of Wantirna Estate Vineyard was the first of the new generation vineyards. The impetus for this vineyard began back in 1956 when Reg Egan married Bertina Curcio";
D3[0]=" whose mother was English but whose father was Italian. Wine and food were important in the Curcio household. Reg and Bertina became fascinated by the history of wine in Victoria, Lilydale in particular, and resolved to replant th";
D4[0]="e Yarra Valley. The first grapes were planted on the present 10 acre vineyard in Bushy Park Lane, Wantirna South in 1963 and the first vintage was made in 1968. Wantirna Estate Vineyard is a small family run affair of only 10 acre";
D5[0]="s in size. The early vine plantings included all sorts of varieties as an experiment as to the varieties that may do well. Varieites such as: Shiraz, Grenache, Pedro Ximenez, Riesling, Dolcetto and so the list goes on. By the 1970";
D6[0]="’s the vineyard was consolidated, growing Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Much of the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot plantings are 40 years old, with the average age of the remai";
D7[0]="ning vines over 25 years old. Today the day to day jobs are split between Reg and Bertina Egan and their daughter Maryann Egan. To ensure total control on the quality of the grapes used for the wines, all the grapes are Estate gro";
D8[0]="wn. This allows the winemakers to manage the vineyard in a meticulous fashion and it means that the little, yet the all-important jobs are done. Like hand thinning the foliage if the canopy needs a little more sunshine or tasting ";
D9[0]="the grapes on a daily basis to ensure that the grapes are harvested at exactly the ultimate moment. For quality wine Maryann and Reg think that doing all the little jobs, rather than just focussing on the big, obvious ones, can ma";
V1[0]="   Cabernet Sauvignon,  Cabernet franc,  Cabernets,  Chardonnay,  Merlot,  Pinot Noir,";
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L1[0]=" Isabella, Lily, Amelia, Hannah,";
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