Assid Abraham Corban

Assid Abraham Corban (25 August 1864–2 December 1941) was a New Zealand pedlar, importer, viticulturist and wine-maker. He was born in Shweir, Lebanon on 25 August 1864. He founded the winemaker that is now Pernod Ricard NZ^[1]

Corban arrived in New Zealand in 1892. In 1902 he purchased for £320 a 10-acre (40,000 m²) block of land in Henderson, Auckland, although at the time this was quite some distance from what was known as Auckland. He named the block of land Mt Lebanon Vineyards.

The first vintage was in 1908, coinciding with the local electorate voting in prohibition, meaning he was unable to sell wine from the property. Assid's son Wadier took over wine-making in 1916. By the 1920s the Corban family were the largest winemakers in New Zealand.

References

^ Cooper, Michael. "Assid Abraham Corban". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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[DNZB_Corban-1] Cooper, Michael. "Assid Abraham Corban". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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