Oscar Benno Pedro Seppelt (13 July 1846 – 11 May 1931), known universally as Benno Seppelt , was a South Australian winemaker who helped the Barossa Valley become recognised as a premium wine region.
7-550: Seppelt is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Benno Seppelt (1846–1931), South Australian winemaker, son of Joseph Hajo Seppelt (born 1963), German journalist Joseph Ernst Seppelt (1813–1868), founder of Seppeltsfield and the Seppelt winery in South Australia Konrad Seppelt , (born 1944) German chemist, Vice President of
14-434: A precursor to distillation. J. E. Seppelt, as the business continued to be named, was in 1870 producing "syrups, cordials, and spirits in great variety." At the 1872 Wine Show, B. Seppelt's rum was judged highly, a relief no doubt after some bad publicity arising from what appears to have been malicious adulteration of exactly that product. Seppelt was an excellent manager, far-seeing and inventive. He progressively expanded
21-416: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Benno Seppelt Joseph Ernst Seppelt (1813 – 29 January 1868), his wife Johanna Charlotte Clementine Seppelt, née Held (1807 – 13 April 1870), and their children Ottilie Clementine Seppelt, later Kruger ( c. 1840 – 4 June 1920), Oscar Benno Pedro "Benno" Seppelt, and Victor Hugo Seppelt (1848–1882), emigrated to South Australia aboard
28-714: The Free University of Berlin See also [ edit ] Seppeltsfield (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Seppelt . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seppelt&oldid=1165592903 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
35-489: The acreage under vines, largely with Doradillo (Blanquette) and "Mataro" ( Carignan ) grapes, on his 230-hectare (560-acre) property, of which the greatest area was set aside for grazing their 500 sheep, and growing hay for eight horses. In 1876 he was able to report that he was sole proprietor of the business In 1877 he installed a large (35 feet (11 m) high) new distillation plant, largely to his own design, made by Rundle Street coppersmiths Polack & Liebl. It
42-501: The ship Emmy , arriving at Port Adelaide in January 1850. Joseph Seppelt founded the winery Seppeltsfield , but died while it was still in its infancy. His son Benno, who was educated at Tanunda, and studied chemistry under C. W. L. Muecke . took over management of the business on his father's death, and inherited the major portion of his estate. The grapes from Seppelt's vineyards, and much from other growers, were made into wines as
49-508: Was housed in a separate 52 feet (16 m) high building, and could produce 200 imperial gallons (910 L) per day into a bonded store of 10,000 imperial gallons (45,000 L) capacity on-site. Seppeltsfield boasted an up-to-date chemistry laboratory for Seppelt's own investigations. The business was known as B. Seppelt & Sons from 1876 and became B. Seppelt & Sons Ltd in May 1902. Seppelt retired in 1916 and his son Oscar Seppelt
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