Chateau Yaldara
{{Short description|Australian winery}}
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{{Infobox winery
| name = Chateau Yaldara
| logo = File:Chateau Yaldara.jpg
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| logo_alt = Photograph of the front of the Chateau building
| logo_caption =Chateau Yaldara
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| location_city = Lyndoch
| location_state = South Australia
| location_country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|34.576059 |S|138.874466|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| wine_region = Barossa Valley
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| year_founded = {{Start date|1947}}
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| key_people =
- Hermann Thumm (founder)
- Zhitai Wang (1847 Wines)
- Kuifen Wang (1847 Wines)
| parent_company =1847 Wines
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| varietal1 = Shiraz
| varietal2 = Cabernet Sauvignon
| varietal3 = Grenache
| varietal4 = Pinot gris
| varietal5 = Sauvignon blanc
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| other_product1 = Tawny
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| tasting= Seven days 10am to 5pm {{cite web |url=http://www.barossa.com/barossa-winery/1847-wines |title=1847 Wines |publisher=Barossa |accessdate=29 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407054302/http://www.barossa.com/barossa-winery/1847-wines |archivedate=7 April 2016 |df=dmy-all }}
| website = {{URL|http://1847wines.com}}
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Chateau Yaldara is an
Australian winery located near Lyndoch, South Australia, in the historic Barossa Valley wine-growing region.[http://www.barossa.com/barossa-winery/mcguigan-barossa-valley Barossa Visitor Information Centre] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908180501/http://www.barossa.com/barossa-winery/mcguigan-barossa-valley |date=8 September 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.visitvineyards.com/south-australia/south-east-australia/wine/vineyards-wineries/info/chateau-yaldara-1847-wines |title=Chateau Yaldara 1847 Wines |publisher=VisitVineyards |accessdate=29 May 2016 |archive-date=16 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516211919/http://www.visitvineyards.com/south-australia/south-east-australia/wine/vineyards-wineries/info/chateau-yaldara-1847-wines |url-status=live }}
History
The winery was founded by the Hermann Thumm in 1947 after he emigrated to Australia from Europe in 1946.[https://archive.today/20140908150135/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/chateau-yaldara-has-been-sold-to-chineseowned-company-1847-winery/story-fni6uma6-1227000546164?nk=602cba37f55d08c6d334d89a391bea0c Chateau Yaldara has been sold to Chinese-owned company 1847 Winery], The Advertiser, 24 July 2014 The site chosen for the winery was on the banks of the North Para River{{Cite web |url=http://www.southaustralia.com/info.aspx?id=9000931 |title=South Australia: McGuigan Barossa Valley - Home of Chateau Yaldara |access-date=8 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120175429/http://www.southaustralia.com/info.aspx?id=9000931 |archive-date=20 November 2014 |url-status=dead }} at an old flour mill dating back to 1855. The winery was named "Yaldara" after the local Aboriginal word meaning "sparkling".
The Seekers filmed the video for Turn, Turn, Turn at the winery in 1967.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRg9NkIdjVs|title=The Seekers - Turn, Turn, Turn (HQ Stereo, 1966/67)|website=YouTube|access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003112529/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRg9NkIdjVs|url-status=live}}https://www.facebook.com/TheSeekersOfficial/posts/this-week-in-1967-the-seekers-arrived-home-in-australia-to-start-filming-their-c/657492231046210/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
After over fifty years ownership, Hermann Thumm sold the winery in 1999 to the wine company McGuigan Wines. In 2014, it was purchased by 1847, a wine company owned by Zhitai Wang of New South Wales and Kuifen Wang of Qingdao, in Shandong, China.
See also
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