He was chief winemaker at Houghton Winery in the Swan Valley, from 1930 to 1972[1] and is considered one of the pioneers of the Western Australian wine industry.
His father George was a well-known brandy maker from Chateau Tanunda winery in South Australia's Barossa Valley and his mother was a member of the Sobels winemaking family.
The next year Chenin blanc won first prize at the Melbourne Wine Show, and Houghton White Burgundy was born.
He was awarded an MBE in 1964 for services to the viticulture industry[5] and The West Australian newspaper included him in their list of Western Australia's 100 most influential people in 2006.
[2] His son, Dorham Mann also operates a small winery at Upper Swan producing a method champenoise sparkling wine made from cabernet sauvignon grapes.