Hyland that his request for a similar pH meter was approved without question. Beckwith married in late 1936 and settled down to live in Nuriootpa. After some time in that town, he was asked to move to Magill, but neither he nor Mrs. Beckwith wished to move, so after some initial commuting, he only visited Magill when needed. Stories that he was responsible for introducing Max Schubert to winemaking have been denied by Beckwith. Schubert, who until 1938 was working as a stablehand, began his winemaking career at Magill in 1938, as assistant to the blender, Albert Edward Vesey (c. 1863–1952). Aside from the fortune saved for Penfolds by Beckwith's innovations and methods, particularly preventive discipline, consistency and standardization; he also raised the quality of wine by application of science. He was arguably the first to employ paper chromatography to monitor the progress of malolactic fermentation, and was an advocate of stainless steel to replace other metals in the pumps and pipes used for processing and conveying of wine. He introduced cooling tubes to slow down the fermentation process, Without his work, Max Schubert's Grange Hermitage would never have reached the heights it achieved. Schubert's wines, of which Grange was a small if celebrated part, were not a sudden inspiration: they were the product of successive incremental improvements that raised Penfolds from a producer of mediocre fortified wines to a producer of reliable, first-rate table wines, and Beckwith was behind him every step of the way. Beckwith retired in 1973, two years before Schubert, but continued to take an active interest in the firm, and also had his own small vineyard outside the town. Recognition In 1980 he was inducted into Barons of Barossa. In 2003 he was granted life membership to the Australian Wine Industry He was made an Honorary Life member of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture In 2004 he was awarded Doctor of the University (Duniv) from the University of Adelaide In 2006 he received Maurice O'Shea Award from McWilliam's Wines In 2008 the Order of Australia "for service to the Australian wine industry through contributions towards enhancing the quality and efficiency of the winemaking process." Family Arthur Ray Beckwith married Coral Ivy Jean Lodge (c. 1907 – 26 October 1996) on 26 December 1936. They had no children in South Australia. Notes References External links 2012 Beckwith interview by wine writer Philip White 1912