Coorinja Vineyard

{{Short description|Australian winery}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}}

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| winery_name = Coorinja Vineyard

| winery_logo = File:Coorinja winery gnangarra 23022016-101.JPG

| location_place = 5989 Toodyay Road

| location_city =
Toodyay WA 6566

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| location_country = Australia

| coordinates = {{coord|31|36|00|S|116|28|34|E|region:AU-WA|display=inline,title}}

| wine_region = Central Western Australia zone

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| year_founded = 1889

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| key_people = {{ubl|Wood family, owners|Michael Wood, winemaker}}

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| signature_wine = Shiraz

| varietal1 = Chenin blanc

| varietal2 = Gordo muscat

| varietal3 = Grenache

| varietal4 = Shiraz

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| homepage =

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| distribution = Local

| tasting= Open to public

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Coorinja Vineyard or Coorinja Winery is an Australian winery at Coorinja (previously known as Seven Springs), {{convert|5|km}} south of Toodyay, Western Australia, in the Central Western Australia wine zone.{{cite web |title=Wine zones of Australia |url=https://www.wineaustralia.com/getmedia/e2f60e4c-ad52-454e-a22e-eff6b5c729f9/Australian-Wine-Zones.pdf |website=Wine Australia |accessdate=20 May 2019}}{{harvnb|Halliday|2008|page=231}} It was established in 1889 by Harry Fryer Smith, Henry Page Woodward, and John Leslie Sinclair, with {{convert|32|acre||adj=pre|planted}} in pinot noir and shiraz.{{cite news |title=The Hon. W.E. Marmion's interview |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66260093 |accessdate=21 May 2019 |work=The Inquirer and Commercial News |date=25 January 1895 |location=Perth, WA |page=2}}{{cite news |title=The wine industry in Western Australia |last1=Parsons|first1= Harold G. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66248131 |accessdate=20 May 2019 |work=The Inquirer and Commercial News |date=10 August 1894 |location=Perth, WA}}{{cite news |last1=Capsicum |title=A trip to Newcastle and Northam |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77424489 |accessdate=20 May 2019 |page=3|work=The Daily News |date=6 January 1891 |location=Perth, WA}}{{cite news |title=The future of our fruits |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/33077181 |accessdate=20 May 2019 |work=Western Mail |date=4 February 1893 |location=Perth, WA |page=10}} Sinclair left the partnership in 1890.{{cite news |title=Dissolution of partnership |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32733383 |accessdate=20 May 2019 |work=Western Mail |date=8 March 1890 |location=Perth, WA |page=25}} Coorinja Vineyard Company was trademarked in 1893.{{cite news |title=Government Gazette |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3049930 |accessdate=20 May 2019 |work=The West Australian |date=30 June 1893 |location=Perth, WA |page=2}} It is one of the oldest extant vineyards in the state.{{cite web|title=Coorinja Winery|url=http://www.avonvalleywa.com.au/what-to-do/20-produce/73-coorinja-winery|work=Experience the Avon Valley website|publisher=Avon Tourism|accessdate=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325193156/http://www.avonvalleywa.com.au/what-to-do/20-produce/73-coorinja-winery|archive-date=25 March 2014|url-status=dead}} The name is an Aboriginal word believed to mean "place of the seven springs".{{cite web|title=WA Wineries: Coorinja Vineyard|url=https://www.scoop.com.au/Region/Toodyay/Wineries/Coorinja-Vineyard|work=Scoop Publishing website|publisher=Scoop Publishing|accessdate=8 March 2014}}

The winery was described as "a fortified haven" by Michael Zekulich, former wine writer for The West Australian.{{harvnb|Zekulich|2000|page=98}} Coorinja produces table and fortified wines including shiraz, grenache, cabernet-shiraz, port, sherry, muscat, liqueur muscat, ginger wine and marsala.

The Coorinja vineyard has been owned by the Wood family since 1919.{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Tate |title=The First Vines |date=2006|publisher=Macmillan Art Publishing; St Lucia, Qld: The State Library of Queensland|location=South Yarra, Vic|isbn=1876832290|page=74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PRBgIyFyWekC&q=coorinja+vineyard&pg=PA74}} The family also runs a cropping and sheep operation on the property.{{cite news|last=Cattle|first=Tyson|title=Wheat gets a berth |url=http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/cropping/grains/wheat-gets-a-berth/2659958.aspx?storypage=0|accessdate=9 March 2014|newspaper=Farm Weekly|date=25 June 2013}}