Lindeman's is an

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ry, owned by

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. It was founded in 1843 by Henry Lindeman who planted its first vines in the

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region of

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. This original

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no longer exists, and the winery now has vineyards in

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(

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and Coonawarra), in Padthaway and at Karadoc in

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, near Red Cliffs. It is considered a mass-producer of reasonably priced, good quality wine. In 1993, its Bin 65

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was Australia's top-selling white-wine export. Five consecutive vintages have been named "best buys" by ''

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'', a consumer magazine, and

Robert M. Parker, Jr. Robert McDowell Parker Jr. (born July 23, 1947) is a retired U.S. wine critic. His wine ratings on a 100-point scale and his newsletter ''The Wine Advocate'' are influential in American wine buying and are therefore a major factor in setting th ...

has called it "one of the three or four finest chardonnay values in the world" in his newsletter ''

The Wine Advocate ''The Wine Advocate'', fully known as ''Robert Parker's Wine Advocate'' and informally abbreviated ''TWA'' or ''WA ''or more recently as ''RP'', is a bimonthly wine publication based in the United States featuring the consumer advice of wine criti ...

''. In the mid 1950s it produced wines of excellence that are still sought by wine collectors and wine enthusiasts today. In the 1970s, Lindeman's cask wine was marketed to bohemians with a slogan of 'You make me smile, Dr Lindeman', coined by writer Peter Carey.

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