Corrupt captains and convicts.
Australia is unique in that so many of its wine companies were founded by members of the medical profession. The First Fleet, which brought the first convicts and settlers to Australia in 1787, was delayed until wine was provided as a medicine for the long voyage from England. Australia's wine doctors were advocating the use of wine as a medicine 200 years before the French Paradox.
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