North-East Victoria

Jones Winery: Jones Winery is one of the oldest and smallest wineries in the Rutherglen District. Established in 1860 by a German migrant named Fritz Ruhe, this was the first winery in Rutherglen where the devastating louse phylloxera, that wiped out all the vineyards in Victoria, was discovered.

Fritz lived long enough to see the vineyard replanted and died in 1914 at the age of 85. Fritz's son William sold the winery to Clarence Carbery in 1925. He worked the property for two years before it was bought by Leslie Jones Senior ("Jimmy"). The property known as Jones Winery & Vineyard has remained in the Jones family ever since.