Typical Wine-Making Equipment -- Mission San Gabriel Archangel, San Gabriel CA
N 34° 05.828 W 118° 06.391
11S E 397929 N 3773478
Two interpretive signs at the old Mission winery explain how the wine industry in California started here.
Waymark Code: WMQWV5
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2016
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The second of two interpretive signs at the old winery, in the room with the historic winemaking equipment on display at Mission San Gabriel.
The sign reads as follows:
"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."
Group that erected the marker: Claretian Fathers
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
428 S Mission St
San Gabriel, CA
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