his post as Professor of Viticulture at the University of California. When he published his report in 1956, one of the recommendations put forward was that Mount Barker and the Frankland area of Western Australia showed great promise for making table wines in the light traditional European style. This was further backed up by agricultural and viticultural scientist Dr John Gladstones in 1963, and endorsed by the Western Australian Grape Industry Committee (1964). A year later, Jamieson and Houghton's celebrated winemaker Jack Mann, went to Mount Barker and the first experimental cuttings were planted in 1965 at Forest Hill. Wineries Plantagenet Wines Forest Hill Wines Goundrey Wines Howard Park, MadFish, and Marchand & Burch Wines Houghton Wines Castle Rock Estate 3 Drop Wines Castelli Estate Willoughby Park Singlefile Wines In the media The Porongurup wine region was featured on the ABC Television programme Landline in the July 2010 episode "Great Southern Land". References Notes Bibliography External links Wine Australia: The Great Southern wine region Margaret River Visitor Centre: The Great Southern Denmark Wine Region: Denmark Wine Region Wine regions of Western Australia Great Southern (Western Australia)