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Apr 2, 2024 · As the biggest settlement in that part of Lanarkshire, Rutherglen grew as a market town, but the bridging of the Clyde at Glasgow stopped it from becoming a major port, though there was a Rutherglen Quay to service the small boats which came to the town.
- Hamish Macpherson
- Rutherglen: A New Kind of Gold Mine For Victoria
- The Sweet Taste of Success
- Collapse and Invasion
- Rutherglen: Classification, Weather and Wines
- Traditional Dry Wines from A Traditional Dry Region
- The Families of Rutherglen
- Rutherglen: An Historic Region with A Great Future
Rutherglen’s history is written in gold and vines. Victoria’s wine industry emerged in response to the 1850s gold rush when prospectors flocked to areas like Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Beechworth and Rutherglen itself. The prosperity brought by gold saw a new demand for goods and services, and the vineyards and wineries of Victoria were put to wor...
Rutherglen’s winemakers soon found that the 19th century market - largely led by British tastes - was hankering for rich, sweet fortified wines rather than dry table wines. These liqueur-style wines became Rutherglen’s signature and the style has endured. Jancis Robinsonhas called these traditional styles of Rutherglen Muscat and Topaque as ‘…some ...
Fortunes and fashions wax and wane, of course, and in the late 1890s an economic collapse hit Victoria. The root-sucking vine louse phylloxeradecimated the Victorian wine industry and effected vines were ripped out of the ground and burnt – the only known cure in the pre-grafting age. In 1899 phylloxera was discovered in Rutherglen, leading to a vi...
Rutherglen fortified wines are categorised by a self-regulated classification system. The basic examples from 3–5 years old are labelled as ‘Rutherglen’, showing fresh raisin aromas with clean, clear spirit. The next category is ‘Classic’ for wines with an average age of 6–10 years, with more richness and complexity with rancio characters often fro...
With its hot, dry climate, Rutherglen is still renowned for its impressive red table wines, and it enjoys great success with the classic varietals including Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Durif is an iconic Rutherglen red, and something of an oddity on the Australian wine scene. It can be described as Shiraz on steroids thanks to its dark, ...
Some of the original, long-standing names of the Rutherglen region are still in existence to this day: Chambers Rosewood (1858), Morris, Gehrig (1859), Mount Prior, St Leonards (1860), All Saints Estate (1864), Campbells (1870), Stanton & Killeen (1875) and Buller (1921). More recently these ancient stalwarts of the industry have been joined by Pfe...
Rutherglen is a region where tradition has endured for more than 150 years and the DNA of its regional brand identity is linked to the rich, robust fortified wines. Rutherglen is a region where you can see history, taste a rare liqueur Muscat made from a solera containing wines more than 100 years old and experience new-wave styles like Fiano, Arne...
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Mar 26, 2024 · AS Brian McGraw suggested, Rutherglen is one of Scotland’s most ancient settlements. Its name has two possible derivations, either from the Gaelic for red glen, or from a legendary third-century king called Reuther who may have lived in the area.
- Hamish Macpherson
Feb 12, 2016 · William Wallace. Rutherglen. Cambuslang. From a hero of Scottish history to one of the most influential comedians of all time, check out our list on the famous faces with links to the local...
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- Try Fortified Wine. Save time to explore the township of Rutherglen where the welcome sign ‘Sydney may have a nice harbour, but Rutherglen has a Great Port’ gives some indication of how proud the region is of its fortified wines.
- Walk the Main Street. A cairn marks the spot where gold was found in the 1860s in what is now Main Street and the town still retains much of its Victorian architecture and outback country town charm.
- Visit the Rutherglen Wine Experience & Visitor Information Centre. The Rutherglen Wine Experience and Visitor Information Centre, built in 1862 as a drapery, is a great place to start.
- Take a Tour. When you’re looking for a history lesson you can’t go past the Rutherglen Historical Town Guided Tour. An array of Historical Society members will take you on an informative stroll around the town.
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