Nuriootpa, Barossa February 24 - Dr Ray Beckwith OAM relaxes at home with a glass of wine following his 100th birthday celebrations
Dr Ray Beckwith’s Cambridge pH meter
1951 Grange Hermitage
Max Schubert AM
Excavating the Auldana Cellars in the 1890s
The Penfolds winemaking team in the lab in the fifties. Left to right: Murray Marchant, Gordon Colquist, Ivan Combet (grandfather of MP Greg Combet), Perce McGuigan (father of Brian and Neil), Jeffrey Penfold Hyland, Max Schubert, John Davoren, Don Ditter, Harold Davoren (John’s father) and Ray Beckwith.
The highly awarded 1955 Grange Hermitage
Max Schubert AM 1948-1975, Don Ditter 1975-1986, John Duval 1986-2002 and Peter Gago (anointed Chief Winemaker in 2002)
Max Schubert in retirement, still blending in his private lab, Magill Estate, 1983
Max Schubert AM 1948-1975, Don Ditter 1975-1986, John Duval 1986-2002
