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Winner 2010 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards - Hosted Accommodation

Winner 2011 South Australian Tourism Awards - Hosted Accommodation.
Entry for the second time into the SA Tourism Awards Hall of Fame.

Winner 2010 South Australian Tourism Awards - Hosted Accommodation.

Winner 2009 South Australian Tourism Awards - Hosted Accommodation.

Winner 2009 South Australia Tourism Awards - Heritage & Cultural Tourism.

Tourism Barossa 2008 Tourism Awards for Service Excellence Finalist.

Winner 2005, 2006 & 2007 South Australian Tourism Awards - Hosted Accommodation category. Entry into the Hall of Fame.

In November 2007, Seppeltsfield Vineyard Cottage was inducted into the SA Tourism Awards Hall of Fame after winning the Hosted Accommodation category for three successive years.

Winner 2006 South Australian Tourism Awards - Hosted Accommodation.

 Highly Commended Winner for Excellence in the 2006 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards

 Winner 2005 South Australian Tourism Awards - Hosted Accommodation.

 Winner 2005 Australian Tourism Awards - Hosted Accommodation.

MAGAZINES

Scoop Traveller Edition 4 2007

TELEVISION

Channel Nine Postcards film crew, September 2008

The Channel 7 Discover team came to visit in 2005.
Click on the Discover logo to view the programme.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

The proprietors of Seppeltsfield Vineyard Cottage, Sharyn Rogers and Peter Milhinch, say the key to their success has been their focus on creating an experience for guests rather than just somewhere to stay. This experience includes an understated, high level of caring, personalised service along with total privacy for guests in the self-contained cottage.

Set in a private vineyard in the Barossa Valley, the restored 1860s German settler's cottage is exclusively for one couple. Heritage features such as mud and wood-beamed ceilings combine seamlessly with modern luxuries including underfloor heating, Bose sound systems, wireless internet and Molton Brown toiletries in the bathroom.

Barossa hospitality is at the core of the region's history and culture and Milhinch and Rogers are proud to continue this tradition. Guests can immerse themselves in an authentic Barossa food, wine and heritage experience. Visitors can trace the colourful story of the Barossa, as well as visit art galleries and iconic businesses such as Maggie Beer's.

Guests can celebrate the region's German flavour with German-inspired barbecue dinner featuring produce from the local butcher's own smokehouse.

Then of course, there is the wine. Some of the nation's most revered wineries can be found within 20 minutes of the cottage. There are a number of excellent cellar door experiences and a large concentration of smaller growers. The proprietors have a number of acres under vine themselves; Milhinch often takes guests for a tour of the vineyard and shares a few local viticultural secrets.

"Our whole emphasis is on service and helping our guests find the Barossa's local gems," Rogers says.

The Weekend Australian Magazine. March 12-13 2011

The recent winner of an Australian Tourism Award, Seppeltsfield Vineyard Cottage offers the quintessential Barossa experience. Nestled amid old peppercorn and fig trees with views across vineyards and perambulating geese, this meticulously restored 1860s settlers' cottage, with low-beamed ceiling and capacious cellar, is the perfect bolthole. Hosts Sharyn and Peter epitomise country hospitality and stock the cottage with copious Barossa goodies: their own farm eggs and vineyard rosé, bacon and jersey milk, as well as beer from the new boutique Barossa Brewing Company in nearby Greenock.
Christine McCabe
Travel & Indulgence, The Weekend Australian, April 2006

The Vineyard Cottage seems made for lovers - or very, very close friends. The whole beautiful package invites romance. It is a triumph of loving restoration for its owners... They took the ruins of an 1860's settler's cottage and made it a magnificent blend of the old charm and mod cons.....The bedroom has a king-size iron bed in classical style, large, fluffy white towels and comfy bathrobes. Which is good, as you'll spend a long time in the huge bathroom, with its heated floors and towel rails, restored claw-foot bath (like buried treasure it was being used as a pond outside) and double shower.

The indulgence doesn't end there. A coffee machine, selection of Barossa-based nibbles, breakfast goods and even beers and wine await the visitor.
Scott Moore, The Advertiser Review
Saturday, September 3, 2005

...it is not just the mod cons they installed that make this vineyard cottage so comfortable. The restoration has ensured not only that this historic home offers all the creature comforts of top-notch accommodation but also that most of its original structure remains in place.

Original mud ceilings are supported by the same heavy wood beams and thick walls that first held it in place. Only the flooring, new windows and heavy curtaining change the ambience of the place from cold settler cottage into first-class romantic accommodation. The bed is king-sized, the bedroom is dark in the morning and the vineyard views from the bathroom make a languish in the bath a morning must.

It is so good you could almost ignore the rest of what the region has to offer......
Joelle Thomson, Writer, New Zealand Herald
February, 2005


 

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