Chateau Tahbilk Story Of A Vineyard 1860-1985

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Chateau Tahbilk Story of a Vineyard 1860-1985 by Frank Doherty and Enid Moodie Heddle follows one of Australia’s oldest family wineries from its founding through 125 years of drought, war and boom. This compact 89-page paperback distills personal letters, cellar books and newspaper clippings into a vivid portrait of colonial ingenuity and modern wine-making.

Ideal for oenophiles, Australian history buffs and anyone curious about the Heathcote region’s terroir, the narrative traces how a riverside property survived phylloxera, Prohibition and market swings to become a flagship producer of Victorian shiraz and marsanne. Vintage photographs and harvest statistics evoke the scent of fermenting grapes and the clatter of horse-drawn drays.

The 1985 first edition offered here remains clean and tightly bound with no writing or dog-ears; pages show the expected gentle cream tone of a book that has sat happily on a collector’s shelf. A smoke-free home has kept the text fresh while the illustrated cover carries honest shelf rub that whispers of previous reading pleasure rather than careless storage.

Add this concise Australian wine history to your cellar library or gift it to a lover of biographies, business sagas and vineyard stories; it slips easily into a tote for weekend reading among the vines.