The Barossa’s Most Iconic Wineries
The famous names that put the valley on the world wine map
The Barossa is one of the world's great wine regions, and a handful of its estates have achieved near-mythic status. Some are grand and historic, others little more than a stone shed pouring straight from the cask - but each has shaped the valley's reputation for powerful, age-worthy reds. Here are the iconic names to seek out.
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TanundaSeppeltsfield
Historic, palm-lined and unique for its tawny from your birth year.
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Eden ValleyHenschke
The fifth-generation maker of Hill of Grace, one of the world’s great Shirazes.
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Tanunda
Rockford Wines
The cult traditional winery behind the legendary, hard-to-get Basket Press Shiraz.
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AngastonYalumba
Australia’s oldest family-owned winery, with its own on-site cooperage.
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TanundaSt Hugo
A polished, architectural cellar door for serious Coonawarra-and-Barossa reds.
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TanundaLangmeil Winery
Home of the Freedom vineyard, planted in 1843 - among the world’s oldest Shiraz.
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TanundaPeter Lehmann Wines
The estate of the late “Baron of the Barossa”, a grower’s champion.
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TanundaChateau Tanunda
A grand 19th-century bluestone chateau, one of the valley’s most striking buildings.
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TanundaJacob's Creek Visitor Centre
The visitor centre of one of Australia's best-known wine brands, beside the creek that gave it its name. Open daily.
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- Seppeltsfield Mausoleum, Southwest view 20230208.jpg by User:DXR , CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons