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Underground Wine Cellar Tour: Sparkling Shiraz History
4.9
29 Ratings
Great Western
Explore the largest underground wine cellars in the Southern Hemisphere and discover the story behind the making of Australia’s very own Sparkling Shiraz. Your guide will share the fascinating stories from the historic cellars, including tales of the previous owners and the wines they developed.
Explore the largest underground wine cellars in the Southern Hemisphere and discover the story behind the making of Australia’s very own Sparkling Shiraz. Your guide will share the fascinating stories from the historic cellars, including tales of the previous owners and the wines they developed.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Seppelt Great Western - Join a Seppelt tour guide for a fascinating glimpse into Australia’s pioneering wine history as you explore the heritage-listed underground cellars, known as “The Drives.” These hand-dug cellars, excavated by out-of-work gold miners beginning in 1868, took over 60 years to complete and stretch for 3 kilometers, capable of…
- Seppelt Great Western - Join a Seppelt tour guide for a fascinating glimpse into Australia’s pioneering wine history as you explore the heritage-listed underground cellars, known as “The Drives.” These hand-dug cellars, excavated by out-of-work gold miners beginning in 1868, took over 60 years to complete and stretch for 3 kilometers, capable of holding over 3 million bottles of wine. The Drives are the largest underground cellars in the Southern Hemisphere and a must-visit in the Grampians Region.
After emerging from the underground, enjoy a journey through Seppelt’s sparkling wines, including the iconic Seppelt Sparkling Shiraz, first produced in the early 1890s.
Tours depart from the Seppelt Wines Cellar Door daily at 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm. A visit to the Grampians is not complete without experiencing Seppelt Great Western’s historic cellars.
What's Included
- Guided tour
- Sparkling Wine tastings
- Guided tour
- Sparkling Wine tastings
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic beverages
- Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information
- Infants can travel in stroller
- Infants can travel in stroller
Location
Seppelt Cellar Door
Cemetery Road
Tours depart from the Seppelt Great Western Cellar door. Please enter via the front door.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(29 Ratings)
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464renaea
Apr 8, 2025
Fun afternoon! - Very informative and entertaining, was lovely walking underground gaining knowledge whilst having a laugh.
Ricky was very talented with his knowledge and the love of his job showed
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Z5928sncindyl
Apr 5, 2025
Wines underground cellar tour - Ricky has a way of making the tour very interesting with his personal humour and his engagement with the audience. The tour is highly recommended.
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Peterbk4lz
Mar 30, 2025
Great Expectations met on the tour - Ricky was our guide. He was knowledgeable, personable, polite, helpful and fun.
The tour was about an hour, though it didn't seem that long. It was full of historic facts, highlighting feats pioneered in this region.
Then we had a tasting. Thank you again Ricky.
Highly recommended. 5/5
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Sharonpc8320bx
Mar 18, 2025
Ricky - The Drives - We took part in a tour of The Drives at Seppelt recently, along with a wine tasting with Ricky as our charismatic host.
Ricky’s comprehensive knowledge of the wines/history of Seppelt, along with his friendly demeanour made the tour/tasting a delightful experience-one I would recommend to anyone visiting the Grampians region.
Sharon
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Cvlc1
Mar 10, 2025
Informative Tour and good value - Great tour learning the history of this wine family from 1851 to current days. We were allowed to walk through The Drives (tunnels) and learnt about their creation by out of work gold miners in 1860s - 3km that can house 30 million bottles. The Drives are no longer used but kept open to the public for these tours. Our guide Ricky was excellent. The tour finished with sampling of 4 sparkling wines. Very good value tour.
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Dana
Mar 10, 2025
Very informative and fascinating - Our tour guide, Ricky, was incredibly informative and entertaining. Impressive the amount of kilometers underground that exist. Great way to break up the trip between Melbourne and Horsham.
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Sbolch
Mar 10, 2025
Fascinating hidden gem - Rolled up for this tour at very short notice with a fairly large group of teenage boys and their dads on a scorching hot day. Great value and a very interesting tour even for the younger ones. Amazing vaults and history to the place, explained very well to an audience of all ages by our excellent guide Ricky. Nice little bit of Seppelt wine-tasting at the end of the tour to top it all off. Highly recommended
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Jaynelt5671gy
Mar 1, 2025
The best - It was great and Ricky is the best. It was so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so great , amazing, the best , good , I will come back when ever possible in the future and I will share the place around and friend and family
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Coastal769598
Feb 25, 2025
History made fun. - Such an interesting tour full of history. Ricky makes it fun and informative. The wines were delicious 😋 I highly recommend !!!!
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Madmcc
Feb 9, 2025
Cheers and bubbles - We enjoyed an underground tunnel tour. Our guide was great and able to answer questions. We dined underground. The food was well presented and delicious. Service was good. We also stayed onsite at the Vines, which had awesome atmosphere.
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