"A lot of northern Italian grape varieties have been a real shining light in the Australian wine industry," said Fred Pizzini, whose family has played a trailblazing role in the region's development. The Pizzini family is one of about a dozen winemaking families of Italian descent in the valley, all of them migrant success stories. The Politini family from Sicily and the Corsini family from Tuscany also arrived in the 1950s and planted vineyards to make wine for their own use.
Author: Tim Lee
Published at: 2025-05-25 21:46:42
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