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Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Yering Station, 2014, 01/1102014
Yering Station which was first settled by Paul De Castella of Neuchatel, Switzerland. De Castella was a pioneer of Australia's wine industry.
The brick building was constructed of handmade bricks around 1859 by Paul De Castella to process grapes grown at Yering Station. De Castella used advanced winemaking equipment imported from Bordeaux, France. Yering Station wines were successful at the World Exhibition in Paris (1889) when it received the only 'Grand Prix' in the Southern Hemisphere. yering, wine, winery, de castella, paul de castella, yering station, neauchatel