Wine-Making Equipment - San Gabriel, CA - Old Agricultural Equipment on Waymarking.com

A sign provides the following explanation in this room full of the equipment:

"This wine making equipment is typical of that used on California ranches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The grapes are crushed into the tank and left to ferment. When the fermentation was completed, the pure juice was drawn off and poured into clean sulfured barrels to age. The pulp (marc) was then pressed and either distilled into brandy or barreled as a wine.

The same press was used on the Moynier Ranch at Palms near what is now Culver City. This land was part of the original Rancho Rincon de las Bueyes, purchased from Esteban Higuera by the late Marius Maynier (1860-1945), father of the donor, Mrs. Helene Moynier Airey."

Use or Purpose of Equipment: Wine Making equioment Approximate age: 120 years Still in Use?: No Location: old winery at Mission San Gabriel Fee for Access: no Manufacturer and model: Not listed

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