Chateau Tanunda regains its former glory

The rebirth of Chateau Tanunda is one of the most remarkable stories of the Australian wine industry. This massive, iconic stone and brick building was South Australia’s second-largest building when it was built in 1890, second to Elder Smith’s Port Adelaide wool store, and was part-funded by 200 Barossa Valley grapegrower shareholders. It’s hard to believe, but by 1998 it was unoccupied, unloved, unkempt, inhabited only by pigeons, and under threat of demolition.