Interview with Perc McGuigan [transcript] Interviewer: Lindsay Francis

Perc McGuigan was born on 16 November 1913 at Rosebrook near Maitland New South Wales. He moved to Rothbury and had a small vineyard; managed Pokolbin vineyard in 1941; by 1950 looked after 4 vineyards; table wines started in the 1950s and 60s; talks about technology changes; changes in vineyards; he stayed at Dalwood from 1941 for 27 years - the original vines were planted by convicts in 1831 and were pulled out in 1959; he bought the property in 1968 and called it Wyndham Estate; managed by his son Brian; taken over by Orlando in 1991/2; talks bout the development of Wybong Winery; climate change and the impact on grape growing; retired in 1968 and moved to Nelson Bay; sold real estate for 9 years; then moved back to Rutherford

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