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Murphys
The Murphy's wines are named after the Murphy family who set sail from Ireland all those years ago. Now
acknowledged members of the illustrious 'Wine Geese' clan, the family is featured in the Kinsale Wine Museum in
Ireland.
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Almost half a century ago, the first vines were planted at Trentham Cliffs in far west New South Wales. Trentham Estate is part of the former sheep station called 'Trentham Cliffs' which was settled in the 1930's by the Chanter family. In 1948-49 the riverfront was developed into horticultural properties, and so began the settlement of Trentham Cliffs. Trentham Estate is a small boutique winery specialising in varietal grape growing and production, situated on the New South Wales side of the Murray River, some 15km from Mildura. The Murphy family were pioneers who first established vineyards at Merbein in the Sunraysia area in 1909. John Murphy, who bought Trentham Estate, died in 1997 leaving his sons Patrick and Anthony as the Estate's viticulturist and chief winemaker. Each brother is an expert in his particular field.
The property now comprises 60 hectares of vineyard - planted to sixteen different grape varieties - with 2000 tonnes crushed each year. While the Sunraysia and Riverland districts are best known as the biggest grape-growing areas in Australia, Trentham stands alone as the only small, family winery there specialising in growing varietal grapes and producing high quality varietal wines. Most Riverland vineyards are owned by blockers - they produce the fruit for other wineries to turn into wine - and the pressure to over-water in order to improve yields has been increasingly felt in recent years of grape shortages.