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Theodor Gustav Hermann Büring (1846 – 8 September 1919),[1] commonly anglicized to "Herman" and "Buring", was an Australian winemaker and vigneron.

History

Buring was born in Berlin, son of Caroline Henriette Auguste Büring and Friedrich Adolph Büring (c. 1816 – 3 December 1856), engineer and brassfounder, who came to Australia aboard the Princess Luise in August 1849 and went into partnership with Ernst Fischer[2] as brassfounders but died shortly after.

He was educated at the Deutsche Schule, of Freeman and Flinders streets, operated by A. Hansen 1851–1857 and R. C. Mitton's academy[2] which operated from 1857 on Waymouth Street, later on Stephens Place. He worked in a country shop for nine years and three years in the Seppeltsfield distillery and another nine years in a store at Friedrichswalde. He returned to Adelaide and in 1879 opened a bakery and grocer's shop on the corner of Pirie and Ackland streets, gaining a storekeeper's colonial wine licence in 1882.[3] In 1886 the bakery was advertised to let. Around this time he became sole agent for Spring Vale wines[4] made by C. A. Sobels[a] at Springvale Estate (founded by Walter Watson Hughes, who died in 1887, and owned or managed by James McKinnon Richman, a prolific philanthropist,[7] at Watervale.Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). In 1890 they formed a partnership, H. Buring & Sobels,[b] to purchase the Springvale vineyards. More Sobels info:

In 1897 they adopted the brand name Quellthaler ("from spring vale") for their light dry white wines, changed to Quelltaler in 1932[8] to overcome a frequent mispronunciation by non-German speakers.

Buring was a member of the council of the Vinegrowers' Association 1893–1929 and president in 1896.

He was a member of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society's wine committee.[2]

He was a member of the Phylloxera Board from its inception in 1900

He donated the T. C. H. Buring prize, awarded annually to a viticulture student at Roseworthy College.

Family

Theodor Gustave Hermann Buring (1846 – 8 September 1919) married H. F. A. (Henrietta Friedrike Auguste) Lina Dohrenwendt (c. 1846 – 22 December 1934) on 22 April 1871. Their children include:

  • (Adolph Wilhelm) Rudolph "Rudi" Buring (1872–), of Glen Osmond; partnership with H. C. Uhlmann
  • Louisa Marie Lina Buring (died 1963) married Alfred William Abbott in 1907
  • Herman Paul Leopold "Leo" Buring (1876 – 29 September 1961), manager of the Minchinbury cellars, Rooty Hill, New South Wales. He married Ida Agatha Sobels on 21 May 1902.
  • Caroline Meta Buring (1875 – 7 November 1955), accomplished contralto and singing teacher
  • Edelgarde Adele Buring (1878 – 16 November 1948) lived with sister Meta at Flinders Street, Kent Town
  • Blanka Buring (1881 – 9 June 1956), globe-trotting freelance journalist and social worker

Notes

  1. ^ Carl August Sobels (1838–1923)[5] son of a winemaker who arrived in South Australia in 1847 and settled at Watervale. On 5 November 1867 he married Meta Dohrenwendt (died 1929), who arrived in 1855; they had ten children.[6]
  2. ^ Büring and Sobels were brothers-in-law — Buring's son Leo married Sobels' daughter Ida Agatha in 1902.

References

  1. ^ Jean V. Moyle (1969). Australian Dictionary of Biography: 'Buring, Theodor Gustav Hermann (1846–1919). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Personal". The Journal (Adelaide). Vol. LIV, no. 15019. South Australia. 10 September 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 15 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Notices". South Australian Weekly Chronicle. Vol. XXV, no. 1, 269. South Australia. 16 December 1882. p. 10. Retrieved 16 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Advertising". South Australian Register. Vol. LII, no. 12, 676. South Australia. 30 June 1887. p. 3 (Exhibition Supplement). Retrieved 16 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Obituary". Blyth Agriculturist. Vol. XIV, no. 761. South Australia. 5 October 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Mrs Sobels". The Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. LXXII, no. 3, 821. South Australia. 12 December 1929. p. 70. Retrieved 15 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "The Country". The Advertiser. Vol. LX, no. 18, 430. South Australia. 7 November 1917. p. 9. Retrieved 16 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Advertising". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 21, no. 1, 065. South Australia. 22 October 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 16 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.


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