Interview with Richard Heath [sound recording] Interviewer: Rob Linn, Part 3 of 3

Richard Heath was born on 6 August 1914 in Adelaide. He became an orphan when he was 13 years old. He went to Roseworthy College in 1931 and joined Thomas Hardy and Sons where he stayed for 41 years. He started at Mile End as a bottle washer, was a wine maker at McLaren Vale, Waikerie and the Barossa. He made fortified wines and later table wines. He talks about the varieties of Hardy's wines. Hardys sent him around the world in 1963 to major wine making areas

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