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derground ‘drives’ and cellars, accommodation and function facilities. Great Western Enterprises managing director Danial Ahchow said his company would work with Treasury Wine Estates to market and manage the site. “We are thrilled to get to this stage,” he said. “We have been in continuous discussion with Treasury Wine Estates since soon after the news came out, so it’s an exciting time.” Mr Ahchow said Great Western Enterprises was set up to run the winery’s cellar door and tourism operations. “It lays the foundation for future opportunities for the site,” he said. Mr Ahchow said money from tours of the drives – a heritage-listed,
BY SARAH SCULLY
reat Western’s historic Seppelt cellar door has received a reprieve, with a Grampians family securing the rights to run the winery’s tourism and event operations.
The winery’s owner, Treasury Wine Estates, announced in October last year it would cease wine-making at Great Western and close its Seppelt cellar door by June 2016 as part of a restructure of its Australian and New Zealand operations. Great Western Enterprises will take over the running of the cellar door, along with tours of the winery’s un-
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three-kilometre labyrinth of cellars underneath the site – would help develop the Great Western township. “We’ve been working with Northern Grampians Shire Council, which is working on a Great Western Future Plan with the community,” he said. The plan includes using the town’s wine and gold-mining heritage to boost tourism and economic activity. “Money from the tours will help market Great Western as a wine village, which will be great for the community,” he said. “Seppelt has always been synonymous with Great Western. “I grew up in Ararat and spend my time living between Great Western
and Melbourne. I like to consider myself a local and I’m excited about this new chapter for Seppelt and what it will do for the community.” Northern Grampians Mayor Murray Emerson said the council was thrilled to see the partnership come to fruition. “We are very excited to see this important tourism attraction getting the attention it so rightly deserves, and we congratulate the Great Western community, Seppelt and Danial on coming to this agreement,” he said. “We look forward to working with the Great Western Future Plan committee and Danial to progress opportunities associated with this great news.” At the time of the closure announce-
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