You will be welcomed at Octeine Coffee, by your host locally renowned photographer, Dragan Radocaj, who has captured evocative photographic landscapes and portraits to inspire and captivate people since 2010.

Spend time in Dragan's Fine Art Gallery where the imagery draws you in to a moment in time, a moment brilliantly captured with an artist’s eye and an intuitive feel for the ebb and flow of the land laid out before him.

Dragan has been referred to as the ‘King of light and master of composition – his images are sheer poetry transporting the viewed to a magical world of unparalleled beauty with extraordinary sensibility’. Dragan has been working with many local businesses in the region including Seppeltsfield, Maggie Beer, Henschke, Rockford, Hentley Farm, Elderton and Pindarie. In 2013, Dragan was commissioned to photograph the famous Hollywood Sign by the owner Shane Yeend.  Yours to keep will be a limited edition Dragan print valued at $120. 

Dragan will walk you through the Seppeltsfield iconic Great Terraced Vineyard on the Estate – consisting of bush vine Grenache. Planted in 1855, and re-planted in contoured rows following the natural shape of the land, commencing in 1958, with original cuttings vigorously selected to ensure the highest quality.

Along the way, Dragan will share his expertise to help you capture the very best moment from the Great Terraced Vineyard, on your very own camera or even iPhone.

And to finish, you will visit the Seppeltsfield Centennial Cellar for the bucket list, ‘Taste Your Birth Year’ Experience.   

About the Centennial Cellar:

Seppeltsfield’ s history is punctuated with many moments of visionary foresight. Seppeltsfield’ s founder, Joseph Seppelt and his eldest son, Benno, were particularly renowned for their longer term vision for the estate, closely following custodianship principles to ensure a legacy was passed on to future generations.

This is no more evident than Benno Seppelt’s inception of the Centennial Cellar - a truly unique and unparalleled system of maturing single barrels of vintage Tawny for 100 years before release.

In 1866, plans to build a new bluestone cellar were started by Joseph. 12 years later in 1878 and following the passing of his father, Benno completed the stone cellars. In a gesture both unique and inspirational, Benno selected a puncheon of his finest wine and gave instructions that it was not to be bottled for 100 years.

This single barrel of 1878 Tawny port was to remain maturing in a separate room within the bluestone cellars, untouched in the same location 100 years. The tradition of laying down a barrel of the finest wine from each vintage was continued every year following and continues to do so today.

The Centennial Cellar now comprises an unbroken lineage of every vintage from the current year back to 1878. A living museum of Australian winemaking history and undoubtedly the ‘ jewel in the crown’ of the Seppeltsfield estate, the Centennial Cellar is an absolute must see for visitors.