Interview with Philip Leslie Laffer [transcript] Interviewer: Rob Linn

Philip Lafer was born in Adelaide in 1940. His father, Len, was one of the first graduates of Agricultural Science at Flinders University and worked on wine research with John Fornachon, then lectured at Roseworthy with Alan Hickinbothan until 1944. Later he became chairman of Basedows. Philip studied at Roseworthy in 1958, worked on vintages at Glenloth Winery in 1959 and 1960. Joined Lindemans at Corowa in 1963 as assistant winemaker to Ray Kidd. He talks about the people he worked with, the making of Ben Ean Moselle in 1956 by Ray Kidd, Barossa Pearl in the 1950s, 1970 bag-in-the-box wine, development of table wines, development of Lindeman wineries, the Wine Research Institute, leaving Lindemans in 1971 and moving to Orlando as the chief winemaker in 1994. Talks about changes in technology, the attitude to drinking wine, research and development, taxation and the impact of foreign ownership

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