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Pierro Margaret River Vineyards (usually referred to simply as Pierro) is an
Australian wine
The Australian wine industry is one of the world's largest exporters of wine, with approximately 800 million out of the 1.2 to 1.3 billion litres produced annually exported to overseas markets. The wine industry is a significant contributor ...
ry at
Wilyabrup, in the
Margaret River wine region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
. Established in 1979 on a scrubby, rocky and steeply sloping property,
it has been described as having "one of the prettiest locations in an area that offers much, even at its most mundane."
The winery's name, adapted from that of the folk tale character
Pierrot
Pierrot ( , , ) is a stock character of pantomime and '' commedia dell'arte'', whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. The name is a diminutive of ''P ...
, alludes to both the winery's founder, Dr Michael Peterkin, and its location, as both "Pierrot" and "Peterkin" mean "son of Peter" and "son of the rock".
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See also
* Australian wine
The Australian wine industry is one of the world's largest exporters of wine, with approximately 800 million out of the 1.2 to 1.3 billion litres produced annually exported to overseas markets. The wine industry is a significant contributor ...
* List of wineries in Western Australia
This is a list of wineries in Western Australia, arranged in alphabetical order by name of winery.
See also
* Australian wine
* List of breweries in Australia
* List of vineyards and wineries
* Western Australian wine
References
Exte ...
* Western Australian wine
Western Australian wine refers to wine produced in Australia's largest state, Western Australia. Although the state extends across the western third of the continent, its wine regions are almost entirely situated in the cooler climate of its sou ...
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External links
Pierro
– official site
Food and drink companies established in 1979
Wilyabrup, Western Australia
Wineries in Western Australia
1979 establishments in Australia
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