History Lecturer Shares Research at Opening of Heritage Wine Trail Cairn

Faculty of Education and Arts History Lecturer and researcher, Dr. Julie McIntyre was recently invited to share her research studies at the opening of a commemorative cairn at Tulloch Wines in the Hunter Valley.

The cairn is one of six on the Hunter Wine Heritage Trail. The cairns mark sites of significant contribution in historic innovation or the introduction of technology and new wine business marketing to the Hunter wine region from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century.

On Friday 5 July, State Tourism Minister George Souris unveiled the Tulloch cairn, which commemorates the Pokolbin Dry Red Label, first designed and applied by Hector Tulloch at Glen Elgin (now Tulloch Wines) in 1952.

Dr. McIntyre drew on her wine studies research to speak about the role of the Tulloch family in the Hunter wine community.  This is the fourth cairn unveiling at which she has been invited to present her research to the wine industry and distinguished guests. 

Dr McIntyre has published widely on wine studies and her current inquires focus on the Hunter region as part of interdisciplinary collaboration with sociologist Professor John Germov and other academics working on wine research at the University of Newcastle. 

This year Dr McIntyre's Hunter research will include the collection of oral history interviews from key figures in the Hunter wine community and analysis of portions of a large, unexplored archive related to Hunter wine.