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C1875
The Vintage in Victoria: The Hon. J. S. Johnston’s Vineyard at Sunbury.
Scarce Australian wine making engraving showing production at Johnston’s vineyard at Sunbury, Victoria. In 1863, James Stewart Johnston, q Melbourne businessman and member of Parliament, planted vines at Craiglee. He built a bluestone winery into a steep slope near his … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Vintage in Victoria: The Hon. J. S. Johnston’s Vineyard at Sunbury.
Date:
C1875
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
Repaired tear on left hand side margin, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
225mm
x 253mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1875
Description:
Scarce Australian wine making engraving showing production at Johnston’s vineyard at Sunbury, Victoria.
In 1863, James Stewart Johnston, q Melbourne businessman and member of Parliament, planted vines at Craiglee. He built a bluestone winery into a steep slope near his home, utilising gravity to create an efficient system for making and storing wines. Grapes were brought to the upper level by horse and dray, taken below to be crushed and fermented and fed into barrels in the lowest level of the building, which offered perfect cellaring conditions year round. Johnston made wines on the site for over a decade and planted a number of varieties, though his 1872 Hermitage (Shiraz) was his most notable wine, winning a number of international awards. His sons continued making wines at Craiglee into the 1920s, when changing economic circumstances and public taste forced a change of enterprise. The paddocks were turned over to lamb production, and the doors to the winery were shut. Source Craiglee vineyard.
Inset titles; Picking, Milling, Pressing
From the original edition of the Australian Sketcher.
