During the 150 years of wine making, Seppelt Wines have built a reputation of innovation and dedication to quality. The Seppelt, approach is to harness the strength and characteristics of each region and create varietally and regionally expressive wines. Today, Seppelt strives for the same standards of excellence that gave these wines the iconic status for which they are renowned.Our winemaking philosophy focuses on producing exceptional wines, synonymous with quality and refined elegance in style. We aim to deliver wines that are comparable with the best in the world and our winemakers go to great lengths to ensure our wines meet the exceptionally high quality standards, shown by the numerous accolades won over time. Sourcing fruit from cool climate Victorian regions means that the grapes take longer to ripen, hence retain more flavour, creating wine with refined and elegant structure.
The tradition of Seppelt Sparkling wines started in1890 when Hans Irvine employed Frenchman Charles Pierlot from Champagne to commence sparkling wine production in Australia. Under the Great Western label these sparkling wines became legendary in Australia, sweeping the show circuit from the 1940's to the 1960's