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Gil Wahlquist
Gil Wahlquist (1927–2012) was an Australian journalist and "pioneer organic wine producer" who was largely responsible for re-establishing the Mudgee wine industry and raising the international profile of the Australian wine industry in the 1970s.
Gil Wahlquist was born Eric Gilbert Wahlquist in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds, Victoria, on 11 April 1927. His parents were Eric Wahlquist, a theatre manager, and his wife, Ellen (nee Limbrick). Eric's father was a Swede who had jumped ship at Port Pirie, South Australia and married into an Australian family of German descent.
During his high school years Wahlquist worked on the school magazine and developed an interest in journalism. From early in his life he was interested in movies and in music, especially jazz.
He worked as a part time radio copywriter with radio station 5KA in Adelaide and then in 1944 during the Second World War he enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy as an ordinary seaman and served on HMAS Rockhampton, a corvette.
After the war he attended the University of Adelaide and edited On Dit, the student union's newspaper there. On 13 May 1950 he married Vincie Porter. He worked at The News in Adelaide and during that period he was a member of the Fabian Society. In 1956 he moved to Sydney and worked as a journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald. As a sideline he reviewed records, especially of jazz, folk and pop, and wrote a weekly column "What's new on record" for Sydney's Sun Herald.
In 1958 he took up a position with Sydney's TV Times where he would work for ten years. In those years he developed an interest in sailing, built a number of boats, and helped found the Australian Sabot Sailing Association. He then worked with Nielsen McCarthy, a public relations company.
In 1971 Gil and Vincie Wahlquist, seeking a slower-paced lifestyle, moved to Mudgee, a town in the central west of New South Wales. They purchased land there and named it the Botobolar Vineyard. They planted wine grapes and waited for plants to grow. In the meantime Gil signed on as editor of the Mudgee Guardian newspaper (on a third of his original salary in the city) and also launched the Botobolar Bugle, which would become "Australia’s longest-running winery newsletter". Vincie worked as a teacher at Mudgee Public School.
In 1974 the grapes were ready for harvesting but, finding the selling price was very low, he decided to make his own wine.
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Gil Wahlquist
Gil Wahlquist (1927–2012) was an Australian journalist and "pioneer organic wine producer" who was largely responsible for re-establishing the Mudgee wine industry and raising the international profile of the Australian wine industry in the 1970s.
Gil Wahlquist was born Eric Gilbert Wahlquist in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds, Victoria, on 11 April 1927. His parents were Eric Wahlquist, a theatre manager, and his wife, Ellen (nee Limbrick). Eric's father was a Swede who had jumped ship at Port Pirie, South Australia and married into an Australian family of German descent.
During his high school years Wahlquist worked on the school magazine and developed an interest in journalism. From early in his life he was interested in movies and in music, especially jazz.
He worked as a part time radio copywriter with radio station 5KA in Adelaide and then in 1944 during the Second World War he enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy as an ordinary seaman and served on HMAS Rockhampton, a corvette.
After the war he attended the University of Adelaide and edited On Dit, the student union's newspaper there. On 13 May 1950 he married Vincie Porter. He worked at The News in Adelaide and during that period he was a member of the Fabian Society. In 1956 he moved to Sydney and worked as a journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald. As a sideline he reviewed records, especially of jazz, folk and pop, and wrote a weekly column "What's new on record" for Sydney's Sun Herald.
In 1958 he took up a position with Sydney's TV Times where he would work for ten years. In those years he developed an interest in sailing, built a number of boats, and helped found the Australian Sabot Sailing Association. He then worked with Nielsen McCarthy, a public relations company.
In 1971 Gil and Vincie Wahlquist, seeking a slower-paced lifestyle, moved to Mudgee, a town in the central west of New South Wales. They purchased land there and named it the Botobolar Vineyard. They planted wine grapes and waited for plants to grow. In the meantime Gil signed on as editor of the Mudgee Guardian newspaper (on a third of his original salary in the city) and also launched the Botobolar Bugle, which would become "Australia’s longest-running winery newsletter". Vincie worked as a teacher at Mudgee Public School.
In 1974 the grapes were ready for harvesting but, finding the selling price was very low, he decided to make his own wine.