The cellar was built in 1925 and can hold up to 1 million litres of wine. In this short film we are viewing the White Merlot and Dry Rosé being transferred out of the cellar and into a purpose built tank that will then be hauled by the truck to the bottling plant.
The pump used to pump the wine, gently pushes the wine rather than propelling it through a turbine. This results in the wine being less agitated by the transfer.
The wine was of a very small quantity as the White Merlot was Zandberg's first attempt (which meant that the tank wasn't used to full capacity) and as a result it was neccessary to ignite sulphur thereby snuffing out the oxigen that could potentially oxidize the wine.
CO2 should ideally be used, but the wine industry calls for inventiveness at certain times.