Windback Wednesday - Romalo Champagne Cellars

Do you know where this building is located?

These local heritage-listed cellars were constructed in 1918 by Léon Edmond Mazure, a French winemaker who pioneered bottle-fermented sparkling wine in Australia. Originally called La Pérouse Champagne Cellars, the site was later bought by S. Wynn & Co. in 1929. Under the direction of Hurtle and Norman, they produced Romalo Champagne. The Wynns Romalo Vintage Champagne was marketed as being made authentically as the wine never left the bottle during the process.

Photographs: Courtesy of D Darian Smith and Geoffrey Bishop.