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History of Australian Wine Wine was introduced to Australia in 1788 when cuttings were brought over from Europe and planted where the Botanical Gardens are now situated in Sydney.
John MacArthur, known as the founding pioneer in the sheep industry is also credited to establishingthe first commercial vineyards around Parramatta, Penrith and Camden. John Busby is noted as being the "father of Australian Wine" after bringing his European wine experience and knowledge to Australia and planting a vineyard in the Hunter Valley where the soil was more fertile than around Sydney. He also wrote Australias first wine book in 1825 "A treatise on the culture of the vine and the art of making wine". The early Germans lutherian immigrants also brought wine into Australia. Remnants of the German culture can still be found in parts of the Barossa Valley in South Australia. And while the German influence and culture has dwindled over the years, the Barossa Valley is one of the most successful and well known wine growning areas. The Australian Wine Industry Wine Literature of the World
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Australian Socceroos
The Socceroos had a record breaking world cup. It was the first time that they had ever kicked a goal in the world cup, got points and qualified for the next round. A remarkable effort considering that Australia last competed in the World Cup in 1974. The first highlight of the first round was against Japan in which Japan led most of the game only to see Australia to start scoring goals in the 84th minute. Against Croatia, a nail biting match, Australia managed to equalise with each Croatia goal and with the draw qualified for the next round on points, finishing second behind Brasil, and ahead of Croatia and Japan. The First Round
The next match was to show the true quality of the Australian game despite dubious umpiring of the first round games. Italy, renowned as one of the best and most competitive international teams were held at bay and were even reduced to ten men (with a contraversial red card) during regular game time. The socceroos has a number of opportunities to score however failed each time. In the 94th minute in the last few seconds of overtime, Grosso from Italy drove into the Australia offense and with a tackle from Niell (in which video shows he attacked the ball and was already on the ground as Grosso attacked), Grosso was not tripped by fell over Niell and was awarded an 11 metre penalty by the Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo. As Totti drove the ball past Schwarzer, the referee blew the whistle ending the match and leaving Australia defeated. Despite being widely discussed and criticised decision, the Australian Socceroos have at the time time proven their quality and sportsmanship. The referee, Medina Cantalejo has been title an Italian National hero and strangely enough. Round 16
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links: Italy v. Australia telecast (video) Chinese Italy v. Australia telecast (video) After the commentary there was outrage at his comment and he publically apologised with the following comments: News.com.au - Italian diving team The Socceroos
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