Sepia Saturday 296 : 12 September 2015
Sepia Saturday's prompt is an image from the California Historical Society. It is an advertisement for H Boettcher, a wine grower from Los Angeles. Boettcher was a manufacturer and dealer in wines and brandies. He owned the trademark for San Pedro Wines. Brisbane's climate (where I live) is sub-tropical whereas Los Angeles' climate is Mediterranean. But there are a few wineries near Brisbane. Places like Stanthorpe in the Granite Belt come to mind. And so I sip my glass of wine and ponder. Picture Queensland's database has photos of the Clinton Vineyard or Colinton Vineyard at Coominya. I hadn't heard of it before. Coominya is 83km or 52 miles west of Brisbane in the Somerset Region. It is in the county Cavendish and the Parish England. Places near Coominya are Esk, the Wivenhoe Dam, Mount Tarampa and Buaraba Creek. Last century, people called the area Bellevue, after the local pastoral property there...