Tourism Champions - Seppeltsfield
Tourism Champions is an initiative by the South Australian Tourism Commission that highlights tourism operators, businesses and events around South Australia that are doing great work and building the profile of tourism in our State. The case studies serve to highlight these achievers and underpin the significance of the visitor economy as a key economic driver for the State.
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Out of the Blue at Seppeltsfield (2019)
Join Warren Randall, Seppeltsfield proprietor, and Out of the Blue hosts, Michael Angelakis and Michael Keelan, as they engage their senses on Seppeltsfield's Village Discovery Tour.
Sam Smith, Head Chef at Fino Seppeltsfield, highlights crispy skin duck breast with roasted radicchio and blood plum paired with Seppeltsfield Barossa Grenache.
Learn more and to book the Seppeltsfield Village Discovery Tour at seppeltsfield.com.au
Seppeltsfield Centennial Collection Tasting - 'The Wine Show' 2016
The longest continuous run of fortified wines in the world, dating back to 1878, the irreplaceable Seppeltsfield's Centennial Collection of Tawny, from South Australia's Barossa Valley. Seppeltsfield is the only winery in the world that releases a 100 year old single vintage every year.
Wine.com.au is proud to announce that we are now stocking 50 years worth of vintages from this world famous collection.
The history of Seppeltsfield, Barossa Valley - Podcast by Andrew Caillard MW
Seppeltsfield was established in the Barossa Valley by Joseph and Johanna Seppelt just 15 years after the European settlement of South Australia. Steeped in rich Barossan heritage, the estate is considered a true national treasure which helped shape the history of the Australian wine industry.
In 1850, Joseph Seppelt, an emigrant of Silesia, purchased 158 acres of land in the Hundred of Nuriootpa from Hermann Kook, farmer of Tanunda, at £1 an acre. Designating it ‘Seppeltsfield’, Joseph’s original intention was to farm tobacco, with later Seppelt generations concentrating the estate’s efforts on grape growing and winemaking.
The family’s business grew rapidly in the late 1800s, feeding demand from England for wines and spirits out of ’imperial preference’, as well as the supply of medicinal Brandy to Australian hospitals.
Seppeltsfield flourished into the 20th century, as part of the Seppelt family’s expanding interests in the liquor industry, which grew to include vineyards and wineries across various Australian regions. Along with wine, the Seppelt stable included spirits such as Brandy, Gin and Vermouth, as well as an assortment of cordials, vinegars and essences.
Whilst the Seppelt expansions of Great Western and Rutherglen (Victoria) were highly prized, it was always the original home of Seppeltsfield in the Barossa that was regarded as the jewel in the family crown.
Regarded as one of Australia’s most successful wine dynasties, the Seppelt family maintained ownership of their wine interests, including Seppeltsfield, until 1985. B Seppelt & Sons, as it was then known, went on to evolve into a period of corporate ownership which extended nearly three decades.
The estate returned to private ownership in 2007, now under the custodianship of proprietor Warren Randall - a qualified viticulturist and winemaker who worked for the Seppelt family during the 1980s. The estate is viewed by Warren as a custodianship of the Seppelt family legacy. He is passionate about driving the sense of community which they were renowned for establishing.
Seppeltsfield is most famed for the Centennial Collection - an irreplaceable and unbroken lineage of Tawny, every vintage from 1878 to current year. The estate remains the only winery in the world to release a 100 year old, single vintage wine each year. The estate also boasts a remarkable collection of Apera (Australian Sherry), crossing Fino to Oloroso styles, Tokay and Muscat, all held in vast Solero nursery cellars.
More recently, the recommissioning of the 1888 Gravity Cellar has revitalised the estate’s prowess with still wines. Super premium Barossa red varietals are once again passed through the Gravity Cellar, which enables gentle colour and tannin extraction - now a coveted modern day winemaking practice.
Seppeltsfield is a marriage of Barossan history, community and fine winemaking endeavour. A new golden era now sees JamFactory Craft + Design Studios, Vasse Virgin skin care and gastronomic excellence contribute to an exciting renaissance of Australia’s iconic wine estate.
Seppeltsfield Winery, South Australia | Barossa Valley|
Winery Valley in the northern hemisphere of Adelaide. South Australis. Free wine tasting.
Seppeltsfield Barossa 360 degree estate tour
Established by the Seppelt family in 1851, the estate was founded on the belief in the importance of providing a whole community with work, purpose and tenure for life.
Today, not only is Seppeltsfield a destination for fine wine, but a modern day village combining regional dining, crafts and contemporary design.
Seppeltsfield Road cinematic - Barossa Valley
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Seppeltsfield Barossa 'Grounds' range with NFC micro chimp technology
Seppeltsfield have future proofed our 'Grounds' range with NFC micro-chip technology to guarantee its wine authenticity.
In an Australian first, via a collaboration with YPB group limited, an Australian-based brand protection and consumer engagement company the technology - NFC Vintail - sees a microchip with rolling code technology embedded onto the product label of each bottle of our 'Grounds' range of wines.
Powered by YPB's Connect platform, the individually-coded Vintails are interactive via smart phone 'tap and go'. Using the latest Apple iPhone and Google Android releases, or by using an equivalent NFC reader application, the technology is launched by physically tapping a compatible phone to the NFC Vintail.
Seppeltsfield Road Distillers - Community Pie
We partnered up with Seppeltsfield Road Distillers to create our ‘All Sorts Gin’, scallop & crab pie topped with Careme filo pastry, with a wild fennel & green apple slaw.
seppeltsfield grenache harvest 2012..wmv
Ancient bush vines from the Great Terraced Vineyard at Seppeltsfield.
The Vincast Episode 113 - Fiona Donald from Seppeltsfield
As a teenager, Fiona Donald sent a letter to Len Evans after reading an article he wrote, asking him how one might enter the wine industry. He encouraged her to study to be a winemaker at the best place in the country at the time; Roseworthy College. Since graduating in 1990 Fiona has worked for some of Australia's most important wine companies in many of Australia's finest regions. Her work since 2009 as the chief winemaker of Seppeltsfield has brought her the most joy and the most acclaim, and has revitalised one of the country's most historic wineries.
Seppeltsfield Road
Check out Seppeltsfield Road in the stunning Barossa Valley
Seppeltsfield Wine mats
Helping our customer Seppeltsfield Winery become more Chinese Ready. Contact us at team@uwai.com for more information.
Farm to Plate with David Swaine, Fino Seppeltsfield – a South Australian Premium Food and Wine Story
South Australia is rich with premium food and wine stories. From the clean and green pastures of Hutton Vale Farm, to the farm-to-plate mentality prescribed to at Fino Seppeltsfield, the State enjoys unique and focused food and wine regions, giving rise to diversity and quality of produce. It is these stories that help to secure South Australia’s position as a producer of premium food and wine from our clean water, clean air and clean soil.
Jaguar unveiling 24th May, Seppeltsfield distillery.avi
Jaguar unveiling at Seppeltsfield's old distillery.
Seppeltsfield Winery Intro_SA Australia
Seppeltsfield 2015
Overlooking the Gulf of St Vincent, Seppelsfield Winery was born from a vision of longevity and continued legacy. While ownership often changed hands, all proprietors share a vision of respecting the estate’s past glory and influence on the nation’s wine industry. Seppelsfield is famed for its Centennial Collection, a true icon that has produced a hundred year old vintage Tawny every year since eighteen seventy-eight- a rare achievement.