Winery Name: | Coorinja Vineyard |
Location Place: | 5989 Toodyay Road |
Location City: | Toodyay WA 6566 |
Location Country: | Australia |
Coordinates: | -31.6°N 116.4761°W |
Year Founded: | 1889 |
Signature Wine: | Shiraz |
Varietal1: | Chenin blanc |
Varietal2: | Gordo muscat |
Varietal3: | Grenache |
Varietal4: | Shiraz |
Distribution: | Local |
Tasting: | Open to public |
Coorinja Vineyard or Coorinja Winery is an Australian winery at Coorinja (previously known as Seven Springs), south of Toodyay, Western Australia, in the Central Western Australia wine zone.[1] It was established in 1889 by Harry Fryer Smith, Henry Page Woodward, and John Leslie Sinclair, with 32adj=preNaNadj=pre in pinot noir and shiraz.[2] [3] [4] [5] Sinclair left the partnership in 1890.[6] Coorinja Vineyard Company was trademarked in 1893.[7] It is one of the oldest extant vineyards in the state.[8] The name is an Aboriginal word believed to mean "place of the seven springs".[9]
The winery was described as "a fortified haven" by Michael Zekulich, former wine writer for The West Australian. Coorinja produces table and fortified wines including shiraz, grenache, cabernet-shiraz, port, sherry, muscat, liqueur muscat, ginger wine and marsala.[9]
The Coorinja vineyard has been owned by the Wood family since 1919.[10] The family also runs a cropping and sheep operation on the property.[11]