Yarra Valley

Wine-growing area (GI) north-east of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria (Port Phillip zone). The Yarra Valley is one of the few valleys in Australia that truly deserves this designation. Between the rolling hills of the Great Dividing Range and the Christmas Ridge, it stretches over a length of 20 kilometres from west to east. Viticulture has been practised here since 1838 and was mainly established by immigrants from Switzerland. Of particular note is Charles Hubert de Castella (1825-1907) from Neuchâtel, who founded one of Australia's first wineries in 1863, St. Hubert's, which still exists today. His direct descendant Damien de Castella works at the Yarra Ridge winery today.

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