Bourbon Barrels in a Plantation Home
by Susan Leem, associate producer
Barrels of the Vann House basement.
While researching the Chief Vann House in Chatsworth, Georgia, we happened upon these vivid images of bourbon barrels in the basement of the historic Cherokee plantation home. A hearty thanks to photographer John A. Lees, who was kind enough to permit us to use his photos in a slideshow for our recent show “Toward Living Memory” with Tiya Miles.
The barrels read “Sour Mash Bourbon Whisky 1787” vintage even at the turn of the 18th century.
Amusements at the Vann House.
