, ▁in ▁records ▁of ▁the ▁M uri ▁Ab bey ▁near ▁Bol z ano . ▁ ▁W ine ▁regions ▁Cult iv ation ▁of ▁Lag re in ▁in ▁South ▁Ty rol ▁usually ▁results ▁in ▁the ▁t ann ic ▁red ▁w ines ▁Lag re in ▁Sc uro , ▁or ▁Lag re in ▁D unk el , ▁or ▁the ▁fra gr ant ▁ros é ▁w ines ▁Lag re in ▁Ros ato , ▁or ▁Lag re in ▁K ret zer . ▁In ▁recent ▁years , ▁win em aking ▁techniques ▁have ▁changed , ▁with ▁short ened ▁mac er ation ▁periods ▁and ▁used ▁o ak ▁to ▁achieve ▁less ▁ag gress ive ▁flav ours . ▁ ▁In ▁Australia ▁it ▁is ▁increasing ▁in ▁popular ity , ▁increasing ▁from ▁zero ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁century ▁to ▁about ▁ 4 0 ▁produ cers ▁currently , ▁mostly ▁in ▁the ▁cool er ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁south - e astern ▁states . ▁Lag re in ▁was ▁pione ered ▁in ▁Australia ▁by ▁Peter ▁May ▁of ▁Melbourne ▁University ’ s ▁Burn ley ▁Camp us ▁who ▁discovered ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁v ines ▁in ▁the ▁" v ine ▁library " ▁of ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁Scient ific ▁and ▁Indust rial ▁Research ▁Organisation ▁at ▁Mer be in ▁in ▁n ortheast ▁Victoria , ▁and ▁in ▁part ▁influenced ▁by ▁research ▁by ▁Richard ▁Sm art ▁and ▁Peter ▁D ry , ▁plant ed ▁the ▁variety ▁in ▁his ▁garden - s ized ▁v ine yard ▁at ▁K yn eton ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁small ▁quantities ▁of ▁Lag re in ▁grown ▁in ▁the