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Eastern Vineyards

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Eastern Vineyards

George Antunovich set up Eastern Vineyards in 1939. By the 1960s table wines were becoming popular in Auckland and winemakers provided restaurants with Old World names. Moselle, a semi-sweet wine, is named after Mosel, a German wine-growing region.

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Carl Walrond, Dalmatians – Farming, fishing, winemaking, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/2203/eastern-vineyards (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.