Vasse Felix

Vasse Felix was the first winery in Margaret River, founded in 1967. Today, it is one of Western Australia’s – and the New World’s – most respected names, crafting outstanding, cool-climate Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon from this remote region, south of Perth.

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Dr Tom Cullity was the first to plant grapes in Margaret River in 1967. Back then this remote region was a five-hour drive south of Perth (largely along dirt tracks), and home to a quiet dairy farming community. In 1956, Professor Harold Olmo of UC Davis had identified the region’s potential for viticulture, echoed a decade later by Dr John Gladstones of the University of Western Australia who compared it to Bordeaux climatically. Cullity, a cardiologist and wine-lover, decided to put their theory to the test – trialling plantings from 1965, with the first successful vineyard planted in 1967. 

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