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KVV HOSTING AWRI ROAD SHOW
"Avoiding Taints in Winemaking"
May 28th and 29th in Wangaratta.

The May 28th workshop is booked out, but there are some vacancies on May 29th. More details about the program available here and registration form available here

The King Valley winegrowing area in the North East of Victoria encompasses the watershed of the King Valley including the Oxley plains west to the Hume Highway at Glenrowan. The King River, which has two sources behind Mount Cobbler in the Victorian Alps runs approximately due North in a narrow fertile valley bounded by treelined hills to Edi, just south of Moyhu. From here the river meanders through the Oxley Plains for a further 30 kilometers to join the Ovens River at Wangaratta.

Wine grapes have been grown on the Oxley Plains since last century, with the Brown family operating their well-known, and now substantial, winery at Milawa continuously from 1889 to this day. In 1970, two innovative farmers started growing grapes in the upper reaches of the King Valley in the area between Moyhu and Whitfield. There are now 75 families in the King Valley dependant on grapes as their primary source of income.

The King Valley has now developed into one of Australia's largest specialist premium winegrowing areas, and represents about one third of premium Victorian production. Apart from it's scenic contribution as a grapegrowing region, the diversity of grape growing conditions provides a range of products, which covers the full spectrum of wine styles, from sparkling wines to fortified wines.