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FE1[0]=" The famous Barossa wine region is a little over an hour by car north of Adelaide, South Australia's capital.  The Barossa comprises two regions, the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. The Barossa Valley is generally less than 400 met";
FE2[0]="res above sea-level and stretches from Williamstown in the south to Kapunda and Truro in the north.  The red-brown soils are more fertile than those of the Eden Valley but rainfall here can be up to 50% less.  Temperatures are gen";
FE3[0]="erally about 2ºC warmer. Internationally, the Barossa is unique in that it has never suffered an outbreak of phylloxera.  This means that many vineyards still thrive on their own root stocks, distinguishing the Barosssa as a wine-";
FE4[0]="growing region with some of the world's oldest vines. While the Barossa's 60,000 tonnes represents only about 5% of the national crush, it is premium fruit.  The history of the Barossa and its disproportionate presence in the supe";
FE5[0]="r-premium categories make it Australia's most influential and internationally recognised wine region. The Barossa Valley, with its strong German heritage is a place full of character. Most renowned for its opulent styles of Shiraz";
FE6[0]=", the region also produces fine examples of Cabernet Sauvignon, Semillon and Chardonnay. The Barossa Valley, once described by James Halliday as '...the womb of the Australian wine industry' takes in in the valley and the Barossa ";
FE7[0]="Ranges and its major towns include Tanunda, Nuriootpa and Angaston. Wineries welcome visitors to the region to taste the wines, share the pleasures of winemaking and the knowledge and appreciation of wine. Large 'Old World' buildi";
FE8[0]="ngs, intimate personal cellars, picnic facilities, historical buildings and friendly staff are all part of this charming region. A visit to each winery is a new experience. Many have outdoor picnic facilities, diversions for child";
FE9[0]="ren, and winemaking displays. Some have informal dining.  Ah, Barossa wine .... magnificent!  ";
LA1[0]=" The Barossa is Australia's richest and best known viticultural and winemaking region. It consists of two regions: the Barossa Valley which extends from Lyndoch in the south to Kalimna, Moppa and Ebenezer in the northwest at an ele";
LA2[0]="vation of 200 to 300 metres above sea level; and Eden Valley which is slightly to the east at a higher elevation of 500 to 600 metres. The Barossa's vineyard area is approximately 17,000 acres, with an annual production approachin";
LA3[0]="g 60,000 tonnes. Barossa soils vary: alluvial sands, rich, fertile black soil of the Barossa Valley Floor, the infertile slopes overlying limestone in the Eden Valley, sandy loam over clay in the western Barossa. This wide range p";
LA4[0]="rovides the basis for the Barossa's breadth of quality wine styles and regional characteristics and helps to produce wines with great complexity and depth of flavour. The Para River and Jacobs Creek run through the Barossa.";
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CL1[0]=" The Barossa comprises two regions, the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. The Barossa Valley is generally less than 400 metres above sea-level and stretches from Williamstown in the south to Kapunda and Truro in the north.  The Baros";
CL2[0]="sa has a typical Mediterranean climate with dry summers where maximum temperatures are between 30C and 35C, and cool wet winters with maximum temperatures between 8C and 20C. Most rains fall between April and October, and the aver";
CL3[0]="age annual rainfall is approximately 550mm. It is a reliable grape growing area with none of the disastrous extremes of climate experienced by many other wine regions around the world. Over 150 years the Barossa has traditionally ";
CL4[0]="been a dry grown viticultural region (no irrigation), which has ensured maximum quality and flavour. While modern growers have resorted to some supplementary irrigation to maintain quality during drought, there is still a commitme";
CL5[0]="nt to minimal use of water and therefore the resulting low yields. The Barossa Valley is some 45 minutes drive north west of Adelaide, and just far enough inland to be away from the moderating effect of the sea enjoyed by McLaren ";
CL6[0]="Vale. On average it is also a couple of degrees warmer than Adelaide and has long, dry summers. It is a climate suitable for grape ripening, so ripe grapes is what you get, cool climate varieties do not work, and you can safely ig";
CL7[0]="nore most Riesling, all Pinot Noir, all Sauvignon Blanc and look for wines emphasising fruit and flavour. The famous Barossa wine region is a little over an hour by car north of Adelaide, South Australia's capital.  The red-brown ";
CL8[0]="soils are more fertile than those of the Eden Valley but rainfall here can be up to 50% less.  Temperatures are generally about 2ºC warmer.";
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HI1[0]=" The history of the Barossa reflects the philosophical dream of South Australia as a haven of 19th century free enterprise and religious and political freedom. Unlike the eastern Australian convict colonies, South Australia was a p";
HI2[0]="lanned free settlement, designed by London's philanthropists who saw an opportunity for honest, hardworking men and women to establish a new life. The region was named Barrosa by the colony's Surveyor-General Colonel William Light";
HI3[0]=", after the site of a victory by the English over the French in the Spanish Peninsula War. Misspelling on later maps gave it the unique Australian name, Barossa. Arriving in 1838 the dissident Lutherans made the journey to the Bar";
HI4[0]="ossa where they developed a typical agrarian Prussian village named Bethany in 1842. Subsequent waves of German speaking settlers started other villages such as Langmeil and Light Pass while English free settlers tended to settle ";
HI5[0]="in the town of Angaston and the Barossa Ranges. Wine was a basic part of life for the Lutheran settlers and grape growing developed as a fundamental agricultural activity. The wealth of the English gentry sponsored the development";
HI6[0]=" of a commercial wine industry in the 1850s and 1860s but the real growth took place from the 1880s onwards. The first vines were planted in the early 1840s and many of them are still producing first class fruit. The reason for th";
HI7[0]="eir longevity is that the Barossa has never suffered from phylloxera. In 1843 Christian Auricht planted rows of Shiraz vines. This wonderful old dry grown vineyard flourished on the flats near the North Para River at Langmeil vill";
HI8[0]="age and is still producing wine. The Barossa's strength and success has come from this specialisation. Its pool of 540 expert vignerons have blended their 150 year knowledge of the land and its climate with modern viticultural pra";
HI9[0]="ctice, creating a partnership with the wineries whose specialist skills make the most of this superb fruit.";