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Seppeltsfield marks Royal visit with ‘centenary’ experience
Historic Barossa winery Seppeltsfield has used a visit by Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall to launch a series of wine experiences, which give visitors the chance to taste minute samples of their birth year wine and its 100-year-old Para Tawny.
Below: Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in the 1878 Centennial Cellar. Pictured with Nigel Thiele, Warren Randall and Nicolla Randall of Seppeltsfield.
The Royals visited Seppeltsfield as part of a single day visit to the Barossa and Adelaide, stopping at the 164-year-old winery for a taste of South Australian regional wine, food and art culture.
Following the visit, the Barossa Valley wine estate unveiled a new suite of tourism experiences within its 1878 Centennial Cellar, including the The Barossa Trustmark-endorsed ‘Centenary Tour’ which their Royal Highnesses partook.
The Centennial Cellar, the vision of Oscar Benno Pedro Seppelt, holds a barrel of Tawny of every vintage from 1878 to the current year. After an viewing of two new commemorative birth year barrels for Prince George and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge prepared by Seppeltsfield, Charles and Camilla were provided a taste of their own birth year Tawny (Australian Port) vintages, direct from barrel. The pair finished with a sampling of one of Australia’s most historically significant wines – the 1915 100-year-old Para Vintage Tawny.
The Barossa Trustmark-endorsed “Centenary Tour”, where guests taste minute samples of both their birth year wine and the 100-year-old Para Tawny, has been complemented by a new “Years of World War I” and “Moments In History” experience. This allows visitors the chance to taste wines made in the years such as the Moon landing (1969), the beginning of World War I (1914) and the sinking of the Titanic (1912).
“We are extremely proud to have hosted the Royals here at Seppeltsfield to showcase South Australian wine, food and art and to soak in the history of the 1878 Centennial Cellar”, said Warren Randall, proprietor of Seppeltsfield. “You don’t need to be Royalty though to experience Benno Seppelt’s amazing vision – anyone can visit and do exactly what Prince Charles and Camilla did”.