Off The Vine - Penfolds Grange

The story of Penfolds began more than 150 years ago with Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold and his wife Mary who emigrated from England. On arrival in 1844 they settled at Magill in the Adelaide foothills. In addition to running a medical practice the Doctor and his wife had plans to farm the land. They built a cottage that they called the Grange, and around it they planted some vines with the intention of making fortified wines for medicinal purposes and for their own personal use. Little did they know they would establish Australia's most famous winery.That was the birth of Magill Estate where Grange would be created just over a hundred years later.