The Making of Wines!
Continuing from my previous venture to All Saints Estate winery, we moved on to another winery called Campbells. This was highly recommended by a local in Rutherglen Wine Region when we asked him where to get sweet red wines. Setting the destination in my Google Maps, we drove to Campbells Winery and saw some interesting road signs along the way. Yes, road signs that can only be found in Australia!
Kangaroos ahead!
Soon, we reached Campbells Winery. The size of it was much smaller than All Saints Estate, but the variety of wines was no less than them! We saw some Australian family buying wines by the carton just before us! Boxes and boxes were piled into the boot of their car. I guess it must mean that the wines here were either really good or really cheap? 
Campbells Winery in Rutherglen
Flowers blooming in winter
The vineyard
Tree in winter
Once we were there, we looked for the Cellar Door for wine tasting and to have a tour of the wine cellar.
Cellar Door
Once we’re in, we saw barrels upon new and old wine, creating a magnificent picture of the exquisite past. And the smell! Oh the smell, it was an aroma filled of oak, grapes and fine wine. One can’t help but to feel that one has gone back in time, experiencing a walk down the cellar of some castle.
Some of the new oak barrels
The old barrels house Campbells’ famous and award-winning Muscats and Tokays, while the newer barrels contain some of the younger and more innovative wines from their produce.
witch at Campbells
We saw some of the older equipment used to make wines, which I will share with you here.Excerpts were extracted from the notes at Campbells Winery.
Original Hand Operated Basket Press
Used at every vintage from the earliest days of winery until 1973. The skins and seeds were manually shoveled into the “basket” or “cage” and then pressed to remove the remaining juice by winding down the overhead weight – this was done manually by two people, one at each end of the horizontal beam.
Original Hand Operated Basket Press
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Comments (14)
great experience indeed!
whoaa more than 2 litres summore.
Caroline recently posted..Random Wednesday – 03
Wah…never knew how those wine making machines look like till now..nice!! not a fan of red wine but that would be a nice experience
ericleeh recently posted..One Night At Jalan Bukit Bintang
I prefer sweet wine too, don’t know this available @ Malaysia or not?
mimid3vils recently posted..Pao Xiang String Tied Meat Bak Kut Teh
it’s a good experience to visit a vinery and see how wines are being made.. not to mention you also have free samples of good wines there??
err, they use that to press the grapes?? i thot they just step on it?? haha~~
[SK] recently posted..20092010 日計於晨
i prefer red to white wine…
Merryn recently posted..3D Porn
What an experience. Plus the wines are cheap! No wonder my parents didn’t want to send me to Australia to study. I might end up going to class drunk! LOL
Bangsar-bAbE recently posted..Martell International Dinner Series @ Sage
Nice photos…. Now i wonder why in the world only Malaysia having yellow grass.. LOL
Tasting wine and seeing the manufacturing process surely be a good experience!
wyyv (yv) recently posted..Happy Birthday to Mommy and Happy Mid-autumn to everyone!
Not a fan of wine, but love the pics. ^_^
And Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to you, Witchy!
Shingo T recently posted..Too cute to handle
awesome delicious!
Big Boys Oven recently posted..Cooking Demos in KL with Chef Norman Musa & Win a ‘Malaysian Food’ Cookbook
so now no more stepping on the grapes to make wine ? :p
smallkucing recently posted..The One Year Book of Encouragement by Harold Myra
dont fancy the drink, but nice pics! =)
ken recently posted..That Kenwooi on Youtube
They don’t use legs to extract the juices now? :p
ladyviral recently posted..And I tried again
Gee … why you 2 can still walk ah …. not go there test wine till kena over night there ah …. lol
email2me recently posted..MIGF 2010 Menu At MED @ Marché-Live- Renaissance Hotels & Resorts Kuala Lumpur
LOL! We DID sleep in the car after drinking so much wine! Haha.. else couldn’t drive!