EQUIPMENT, WINE-MAKING
c. 1903A larger diameter tube in two parts with a cork stopper near the top which has a smaller diameter tube attached by a threaded cap extending to a nozzle on the end.
The test tube was found in the area of the Richon Vineyards by Ian Boersma and may have been used there.
The Richon Vineyard was originally planted by Joseph and Anton Marian in 1901 as Marians Vineyard with some locals referring to it as The Slavonian Vineyard. Joseph was Anton’s uncle and was originally from Austria.
In 1919 the vineyard was sold to Gerald Valentine Patrick McCarthy who renamed it in 1920 to Richon after Rishon LeZion, a town in what is now Israel. McCarthy had spent time in the town during the First World War as an intelligence officer.
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An example of the equipment used in the vineyards of the City of Armadale area in years past. In particular this piece was likely to have been used on the Richon Vineyards.
