Seppeltsfield underground wine cellar |
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| Title : | Seppeltsfield underground wine cellar |
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| Creator : | Smith, D. Darian; photographer | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1945 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 155 x 200 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Seppeltsfield was established by Joseph Seppelt in 1852. By 1865 it was South Australia's largest winery. This photograph shows an underground wine cellar at Seppeltsfield in a corridor called Lord Hopetoun Drive after Australia's first Governor-General. The bottles shown in the foreground probably contain a Champagne-style sparkling wine which is fermented for a second time in the bottle. The bottles are placed on racks as shown and turned each day so that the sediment gathers in the neck of the bottle and can be removed when the fermentation is complete. |
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| Period : | 1939-1945 |
| Place : | Seppeltsfield |
| Region : | Barossa |
| Further reading : | Halliday, James. Wines and wineries of South Australia, St. Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1981 Lloyd, Paul. Vintage Australia: a profile of the South Australian wine industry, Adelaide, SA: Department of State Development, 1987? Potter, Mike. Wines and wineries of South Australia, Adelaide: Rigby, 1978 |
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