Ambrose James Laraghy

Ambrose Laraghy is famous within the Wine Industry and is one of the original founders in Australia for Wine. He has been linked to many historical documents of being one of the people responsible for introducing an Australian Chardonnay. There are also references to his son Colin (Arthur).

A room at Lindemans Winery in the Hunter Valley was named after Ambrose called Laraghy's Loft.

"In 1887 J.A.M. McLean established a vineyard called Kaluna on Smithfield Road near the Fairfield racecourse and this was managed by Ambrose Laraghy who was born in the Hunter and had worked at Cawarra and the Busby established Kirkton vineyard. The vines for this property it is believed came from the Hunter [or perhaps partly from other Sydney vineyards]. In 1918 Ambrose's son Arthur purchased the vineyard and grew table grapes and in the 1930's used to travel to Mudgee and Griffith to purchase grapes to make fortified wines. He gave cuttings from Kaluna to Bill Roth who was establishing his Westcourt vineyard near Mudgee"

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