Sandalford – history and innovation in a glass
n 1840 John Septimus Roe, Western Australia’s first Surveyor General was granted by Queen Victoria 4,000 acres of riverbank land at West Swan. He named it Sandalford after a priory in his English home at Berkshire. The property was well managed and became prosperous as an agrarian estate supporting crops, cattle, fruit and vegetables and vines for table grapes, sultanas, raisins, currants and wine grapes. Early varieties planted were Shiraz, Verdelho, Cabernet Sauvignon and Frontignac. Read More...
