When a pest epidemic destroyed most vineyards across Europe in the late 1800s, Australia's untouched syrah, or shiraz, vines became the oldest remaining vine rootstock. Now something new threatens them again.
abc.net.au/news/hunter-valley-vineyard-owners-rally-for-unesco-heritage-listing/102141554Sitting upon a hill overlooking the Hunter Valley, vineyard owner Andrew Margan sees new homes where some of the world's oldest vines once grew.There is no precedent in Australia for heritage listing agricultural landscapesWith the NSW wine region set to mark 200 years, the industry is pushing to get the remaining vines world heritage listed to make sure no more can be pulled out.
As urban sprawl happens on the edge of towns across the Hunter, the protection of vines and the landscape that they stand on has become a priority.Several agricultural technologies to harvest grapes from the vines have come and gone. "In NSW or Australia, there is no agricultural landscape recognised for its heritage value with a European background. The Act does not allow for it," Mr Margan said.Fourteen vineyard areas in the world are recognised as heritage by UNESCO, but without any recognition from Australia, the Hunter Valley can't progress to that status.
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