Seppelt History & News

Two bedroom villas that are set in Great Western, 30 kilometres from Halls Gap, Great Western Motel features air-conditioned rooms. Free Wi-Fi is available in public areas. Guests can enjoy...

Quaint 1960's style brick veneer home set nestled amongst a unique Australian wildlife garden on the grounds of the Seppelt Great Western winery. The Winemakers Quarter’s has everything you need...

The Vine Lodge is a substantial eye-catchingly grand, historic red brick homestead of Victorian Italianate style, built in the late 1800’s on the magnificent grounds of Seppelt Winery in Great...

Best Cottage is a quaint and charming red brick cottage, built in the 1860’s on the magnificent grounds of Seppelt Winery in Great Western, Victoria, Australia. Surrounded by sweeping, lush...

The mould which blackens the walls throughout the underground cellars known as ‘The Drives’ at Seppelt in Great Western is a harmless species known as Aspergillus Niger. Aspergillus Niger has...

Each year, winemakers across Australia all eagerly await the release of the highly-anticipated Halliday Wine Companion. To be recognised by James Halliday and his team of experts as having the...

The foundations of Seppelt were laid in 1851 when Joseph Seppelt established Seppeltsfield in the Barossa Valley. On the other side of the country, young Frenchman Jean Pierre Trouette followed the gold rush to Victoria and formed a partnership with Anne Marie Blampied and her brother, Emile. They established the first vines in the Grampians region with the historic St Peters vineyard in 1863. By 1867, their estate had grown to 50,000 vines.