BiographyPerry Gunner was born in 1946. He did Agricultural Science at the Waite Institute and became an entomologist with the Department of Agriculture. In 1970 he worked for the managing director of Orlando Wines at Robe. He had no prior knowledge of the wine industry. He then went to Rowlands Flat as the operations manager in 1974. He talks about new technology being introduced by Colin Gramp and Gunter Prass; casks being introduced in the mid 1970s - Coolabah range; the development of Jacobs Creek in the 1980s; becoming managing director in the mid-1980s; the export of wine in 1987 and his retirement in 2000 whilst still remaining on the Board
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