Sevenhill Cellars

Region:

Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley

Address:

111c College Road, Sevenhill, SA, 5453, Australia

Website:

http://www.sevenhill.com.au

Description:

Sevenhill was established by Austrian Jesuits who fled their country to escape political and religious oppression. Two Jesuit priests, Father Aloysius Kranewitter and Father Maximillian Klinkowstrom, travelled to Australia as chaplains to a group of 130 Catholics led by Franz Weikert, a Silesian farmer, whose vision was to establish a community in South Australia which could enjoy religious freedom. The immigrants settled near the township of Clare and the Jesuits, impressed by the fertility of the local soil, purchased 100 acres of land in 1851, naming it Sevenhill after the Seven Hill district of Rome. Sevenhill Cellars was established in the following years to provide sacramental wine in the emerging Catholic parishes around Australia, beginning Sevenhill’s respected tradition of Jesuit winemaking. The underground cellar was excavated by hand and the winery building was constructed from stone quarried on the property.

Email:

orders@sevenhill.com.au

Phone:

+61 8 8843 4222

Fax:

+61 8 8843 4382