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[Viggo Dufresne]

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  • Object Type

    photograph

  • Name/Title
    [Viggo Dufresne]
  • Primary Maker

     Marti Friedlander (Photographer)

  • Place
    Henderson/Waitakere City/Auckland/New Zealand
  • Date
    1960s
  • Physical Description

    202 mm. X 259 mm. (image)

    410mm. X 511mm. (mount)

  • Collection
    Dick Scott
  • Level of Current Record
    Grandchild
  • Is Part Of

    Untitled

  • Media/Materials

    paper (fiber product)

  • Technique

    Gelatin silver print

    Silver print

    Monochrome photographic print

    Photographic techniques

  • Subject Category

    Wine and wine-making--New Zealand

    Viticulture--New Zealand

    Older men--portraits

  • Provenance Details
    Dick Scott's resources for publications and the periodical Wine New Zealand
  • Public Access Text

    Original Print. Inscription, The pioneer South Island winemaker Took over a 1918 est Table grape vineyard in 1948 for winemaking. 1982.121.9. Typed inscription on a piece of paper attached to the verso, Nelson sunshine and reflected heat from the stones provide a double ripening for grapes at the Ruby Bay vineyard of Viggo Dufresne (pictured). Red wine from this apparently unpromising soil (last year) won an Industries and Commerce prize.

    Alternative title, Viggo Dufrene, tends his Ruby Bay vines, Nelson, c1968. Exhibition label, In 1948 Viggo Dufresne, of French Huguenot descent, took over an existing vineyard, at Ruby Bay. At first he sold table grapes while establishing classic wine varieties and in 1968 was one of only two licensed grape winemakers in the South Island.

    [Keywords: Vintner , Vineyard , Winemaker]

  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    11 May 2023

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