According to “WA Now and Then“, the region’s first grapes were “grown by a Mr. Meleri prior to 1920,” but it was not until 1967 that the region’s first commercial vines were planted in the neighbouring subregion of Wilyabrup.
Kwa mujibu wa “WA Sasa na Kisha“, zabibu kanda ya kwanza walikuwa “mzima na Mr. Meleri kabla ya 1920,” lakini haikuwa hivyo mpaka 1967 kwamba mizabibu kanda ya kwanza ya kibiashara kupanda katika subregion jirani ya Wilyabrup.