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The fist vineyard was planted in 1864 by a Frenchman at Dead Horse Gully. The major wine styles are Sparkling wines, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir.

When Ballarat was founded on the gold winnings of the 1850s, there were undoubtedly other local vineyards - miners are ever a thirsty lot - but recorded history is absent. The modern era commenced in 1971 with the planting by Ian Home of the Yellowglen Vineyard near Smythesdale. Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz were the first varieties. Other plantings (Chardonnay and Pinot Noir) took place in 1979. Home was convinced that his vineyard was suitable for the production of sparkling wines and in 1982 Dominique Landragin, then employed by Seppelt at Great Western, joined Home at Yellowglen. The meteoric rise of Yellowglen "Champagne" and the merger with Mildara Wines in 1984 were the result of this conjunction.

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Dulcinea

Mount Beckworth

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