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{{Short description|Winery in Western Australia}}
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{{Infobox winery
| winery_name = Houghton Wines
| winery_logo = [[File:Houghton Wine Company.png|center|200px]]
| location_state = [[Western Australia]]
| location_country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|31|51|15|S|115|59|56|E|region:AU-WA|display=inline,title}}
| wine_region = [[Margaret River (wine region)|Margaret River]], [[Western Australian wine#Great Southern|Mount Barker]], [[Western Australian wine#Great Southern|Frankland River]], [[Western Australian wine#Great Southern|Pemberton]] 
| former_name =
| other_labels= Crofters, Moondah Brook
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| first_vintage = 1859
| key_people = Courtney Treacher, winemaker / manager
| parent_company = Accolade Wines
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| signature_wine = Houghton White Classic
| varietal1 = [[Syrah|Shiraz]]
| varietal2 = Cabernet Sauvignon
| varietal3 = Chardonnay
| varietal4 = Verdelho
| varietal5 = Sauvignon blanc
| varietal6 = Sémillon
| varietal7 = Chenin blanc
| varietal8 = Riesling
| varietal9 = Merlot
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| homepage={{URL|1=http://www.houghton-wines.com.au/|2=Houghton Wines}}
| other_attractions = café, picnic grounds, concerts and art gallery
| distribution = <!--e.g. national, regional, limited, restaurants, wine club only, etc-->
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'''Houghton Wines''' is an [[Australian wine]]ry originating in the [[Swan Valley (Western Australia)|Swan Valley]] wine region of [[Western Australia]] at the historic Houghton Estate.

A subsidiary of [[Accolade Wines]], the company operates four of Western Australia's largest vineyards at Moondah Brook (145 hectares), [[Pemberton, Western Australia|Pemberton]] (92 hectares), [[Mount Barker, Western Australia|Mount Barker]] (74 hectares), and Frankland River (89 hectares), and sources fruit from [[Margaret River, Western Australia|Margaret River]], [[Harvey, Western Australia|Harvey]] and the Ferguson Valley.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.houghton-wines.com.au/vineyards.html |title=Houghton Vineyards |access-date=8 July 2006 |archive-date=19 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819220602/http://www.houghton-wines.com.au/vineyards.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Expansion into the Western Australian South West and the [[Great Southern (wine region)|Great Southern wine region]] led to the establishment of a winery, located at [[Nannup, Western Australia|Nannup]] in the [[Blackwood Valley]]. In 2019 Houghton divested itself of its wine-producing facilities and vineyards in the Swan Valley, with the Swan Valley location now known as Nikola Estate. 

The Houghton portfolio includes the brands of Houghton Line Range, Houghton Crofters, Moondah Brook, Houghton Regional Range, Houghton Gladstone, and Jack Mann.

==History==
[[File:Houghtons Winery Grounds SMC.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Part of the grounds belonging to Houghton Winery.]]The land of which Houghton was part (Swan Location II) was originally assigned by [[James Stirling (Australian governor)|Governor James Stirling]] to [[Rivett Henry Bland]] in 1829.<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Daniele|first=Luisa|year=1969|id2=bland-revett-henry-3013|title=Bland, Revett (Rivett) Henry (1811 - 1894)}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2019}} In 1836, a syndicate of three British Army Officers, Houghton, Lowie, and Yule (who had been serving together in India) purchased the northern half of Swan location II. The syndicate named the property Houghton after the senior ranking officer of their group, Lieutenant Colonel Richmond Houghton.

Houghton himself did not come to Western Australia and for the next 23 years, the property was managed and developed by one of the members of the syndicate, Thomas Newte Yule.

In 1859, Dr. John Ferguson purchased the Houghton property for the sum of 350 pounds and in that same year produced the first commercial vintage of wine from the vineyard a total of {{convert|25|impgal|L}}.<ref>[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010354b.htm Ferguson, John (1802 - 1883) Biographical Entry]</ref><ref name=simon-p126>{{harvnb|Simon|1966|page=126.}}</ref>

[[Moondyne Joe]], [[Western Australia]]'s most famous [[bushranger]], was captured on the Houghton property in the act of stealing wine from the cellars on 25 February 1869.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/OurCemeteries/Fremantle/Founders_and_Felons.pdf |title=Founders and Felons |access-date=17 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830192322/http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/OurCemeteries/Fremantle/Founders_and_Felons.pdf |archive-date=30 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.moondynejoes.com.au/legend.asp |title=The legend of Moondyne Joe |access-date=8 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713094911/http://www.moondynejoes.com.au/legend.asp |archive-date=13 July 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By chance, the owner, Charles William Ferguson had been helping with a police search and afterward invited a group of police back to the vineyard for refreshments.<ref>[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040173b.htm Ferguson, Charles William (1847 - 1940) Biographical Entry]</ref> When Ferguson entered the cellar, Joe assumed that he was discovered, and dashed the door into the arms of the police.

In 1950, Valencia Vineyards, a subsidiary of the Emu Wine Company of [[Morphett Vale, South Australia]], purchased the Houghton vineyards, winery, and distillery from the Ferguson family.<ref name=simon-p126/> In April 1976, the South Australian winemaking [[Hardy Wine Company|Hardy]] family acquired the stock of the Emu Wine Company and with that purchase, became owners of Houghton.
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==Jack Mann and Houghton White Burgundy==
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Jack Mann (1906–1989) was considered a pioneer of [[Western Australia]]'s wine industry.<ref name=TonyMann>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/tony-mann-the-first-nightwatchman-century-maker/2006/04/21/1145344277465.html |title=Tony Mann: the first nightwatchman century maker |newspaper=The Age |date= 2006-04-22|accessdate=2010-05-18 |location=Melbourne |first=Paul |last=Daffey}}</ref> and served a total of 51 consecutive vintages at Houghton. His awards included being awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite news |title=Commonwealth Relations Office Honours List |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=1964-01-01 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19640101&id=KYkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2977,22913}}</ref>  ''[[The West Australian]]'' newspaper included him in their list of [[Western Australia]]'s 100 most influential people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Western Australia's 100 most influential people |newspaper= [[The West Australian]] |date= 2006-11-09 }}</ref>

One of Mann's most significant accomplishments was the creation of the Houghton White Burgundy in 1937, a full-bodied [[chenin blanc]] wine. The Houghton White Burgundy was so named because the judges and winemakers at the 1937 Melbourne Wine Show likened it to the style of wines from Burgundy, France. The Houghton White Burgundy has become one of Australia's most popular white wines, in some years in the 1980s & 1990’s it was, in fact the largest-selling wine in Australia, and known for being on almost every wine list. During this period it was known over half the grapes crushed in Western Australia went into Houghton White Burgundy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hooke|first=Huon|date=2011-07-05|title=The Cape crusader|url=https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/the-cape-crusader-20110705-1h04z.html|access-date=2021-12-09|website=The Age|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = New name for wine following EU agreement |url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=73203 |work = [[Nine News]] |date = 20 November 2005 |accessdate = 23 December 2017 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121001072317/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=73203 |archivedate = 1 October 2012 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref> One feature of this era was the Houghton Show White Burgundy, just over 500 cases were selected by the winemakers from each vintage, aged for 5 years, it won countless Trophies and Gold medals and was released with a special label for about 3 times the price of the 1-year-old regular wine. Houghton White Burgundy was renamed Houghton White Classic in 2005 to comply with an international trade agreement between Australia and the EU (see [[Protected designation of origin]]).

==See also==
{{portal|Wine|Western Australia}}
* [[List of wineries in Western Australia]]
* [[Western Australian wine]]

==References==
===Notes===
{{wikisourcepar|Moondyne Joe - A Picturesque Outlaw}}
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===Bibliography===
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*{{Halliday-AustWineCompend | pages=473–477, 490–507, 514–527}}
*{{Halliday-JHWAtlasAust2008 | pages=234–239, 262–267}}
*{{Jordan-WineWABest}}
*{{Simon-Wines Australia}}
*{{Zekulich-WineWA}}
*{{Zekulich-SpiritSwan}}
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==External links==
{{commons category|Houghton Winery}}
*[http://www.houghton-wines.com.au/ Houghton official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705173505/http://www.houghton-wines.com.au/ |date=5 July 2006 }}

{{Langton's Classification of Australian Wine VI - Producers}}

[[Category:Middle Swan, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Wineries in Western Australia]]
[[Category:Australian companies established in 1836]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies established in 1836]]