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| | Winestate Magazine - Tasting notes, reviews and articles from Australia's national wine magazine |
 | | There are earlier labels in existence, especially from Germany, and from France, where the great Champagne houses began producing elaborate labels in rich gold, silver, bronze, blues and other colors to reflect the luxury status of their wines. |
 | | In Australia, the earliest label I've seen comes from the vineyard of James and William Macarthur of Camden Park, New South Wales. |
 | | Apart from what's collected by the State Library of South Australia and a handful of wineries and printers, the situation at the end of the twentieth century doesn't look much better. |
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