Seppelt Cellar Door: Local businessman offers iconic winery in Great Western last-minute reprieve

Ararat businessman Danial Ahchow has offered a lifeline to the historic Seppelt’s winery in the tiny Victorian town of Great Western, just months before the cellar door was due to close. His Great Western Enterprises is set to sign a lease with Treasury Wine Estates, the conglomerate which owns the 150-year-old site. “I grew up in Ararat and I always had a passion for this beautiful set-up here in Seppelt,” Ahchow said.