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The pound press of Sant Vicenç de Calders (el Vendrell). Güell Family (1984)

Date
1984
Archive
County Archive of Baix Penedès
Document type
Audiovisual/sonor
Reference code
CAT-ACBP-112
Link to the online document
Description

In 1984, now 40 years ago, the Güell family of Sant Vicenç de Calders (el Vendrell) put into operation the Mas Borràs pound press built in 1853 which is preserved in its entirety. Jaume Domingo Mulet from Vendrell recorded the whole process while Josep Güell Güixens explained the operation of the press to a large, curious audience. On this occasion we see the traditional process of pressing grapes.
This footage of great ethnographic value, in super 8 format, and now digitized, is part of the collection that Jaume Domingo Mulet has deposited in the Baix Penedès Regional Archive.