Talk:Barossa Valley (wine)

Errors in the "History" section
The history section of this article is riddled with factual errors which I do not have time to properly amend and reference right now.

The German settlers came from Klemzig and surrounding villages in the vicinity of Zullichau. This area was located in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, not Silesia as this article claims. The confusion probably arises from the fact that Klemzig and Zullichau were located very close to the provincial border with the provinces of Silesia and Posen.

The article claims that the settler's homeland in Germany "had little to no winemaking tradition". In fact, and highly significantly, the area which these settlers happened to come from was one of the most significant wine-producing regions of central Europe. The immediate Zullichau/Klemzig area is no longer planted with wines, but old maps mark numerous weinberg (vineyards) [see: https://www.landkartenarchiv.de/vollbild_kdr100.php?q=322 ]. Before 1945 this was Germany's largest wine region - famous for the local specialty wine of (Grünberger Sekt), produced from pinot noir grapes. While winemaking traditions were disrupted by the expulsion of the German population after the Second World War, and collectivised agriculture in Communist-era Poland, wine remains a significant part of the region's culture. The nearby city of Zielona Gora (formerly Grünberg) remains a centre of wine production and hosts the annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, a tradition which began in 1852, shortly after the emigration to South Australia.

Land wasn't specifically offered in the Barossa to the German settlers. They moved there later after a period spend living at Klemzig, South Australia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.211.27.49 (talk) 11:52, 14 October 2019 (UTC)