Seppelt Family Mausoleum

On the highest point of the Seppeltsfield estate, up a steep flight of steps from the roadside, stands one of the Barossa's most unexpected monuments: a Grecian mausoleum fronted by chunky Doric columns, completed in 1927 as the resting place of the Seppelt wine dynasty. The family had been granted permission to build it in 1925, after the death of Sophie Seppelt, who was first buried at Greenock and later moved here once the tomb was finished.

More than thirty members of the family are interred within. The mausoleum is no longer open to enter, but the exterior is the point: a temple on a quartzite ridge, looking down over vines and the celebrated avenue of more than 2,000 palms planted along the estate roads from 1929 - the "Avenue of Hopes and Dreams".

It makes a reflective five-minute stop on any Seppeltsfield visit, between the centennial cellars and lunch at FINO. Come late in the day, when the palms throw long shadows and the ridge catches the last sun.