by Jess Ruciack The latter half of the year is award season for the wine industry. And whilst the general public is more aware that the Brownlow or Dally M are nearly upon us, we are looking forward to awards nights for the following, in which we are finalists: Great Wine Capitals – Best of…
by Allister Ashmead At Elderton, we love a good story. Neil and Lorraine Ashmead started this story nearly 40 years ago when they moved to the Barossa. They ambitiously started a fledgling winery against the odds, which over many decades of hard work and determination has evolved into one of one of the Barossa’s, and…
by Jess Ruciack Barossa Shiraz. A wine category known world-wide. It’s what our region is most famous for. And the great thing is that Barossa Shiraz is not just one wine, or one style. It can be made in so many ways. We love our Barossa Shiraz. And we’re excited to let you know that…
Thursday, 8 August 2019 saw the release of the 2020 Halliday Wine Companion – a much anticipated day in the Australian wine calendar. We are pleased to share with you some great results for Elderton! Elderton has again been awarded five red stars by Halliday Wine Companion, signifying Elderton is an “Outstanding winery regularly…
by Jess Ruciack We love having visitors in our Cellar Door from around the state, the country and the world. Each visitor has a different knowledge of wine, winemaking and viticulture. As such, we get some great questions from our visitors that allow us to provide insight into the influence that the environment and the…
by Jess Ruciack We are excited to announce that Lauren Hutton is the recipient of the 2020 Elderton Winemaking Excellence Scholarship! Lauren is currently studying a Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology at the University of Adelaide, in her third year of the four year degree. “This scholarship gives us the opportunity to give back to…
by Cameron Ashmead Hello Eldertonians I am fresh off a recent European jaunt, where I visited the Czech Republic, Germany and the UK. It was great, if only because the Barossa is ice cold and sometimes wet at the moment and it was almost summer over there. The Czech Republic is just beautiful and full…
Last month Allister travelled around the USA showing our wines to consumers and doing tastings with the great retailers who stock our wines across the States. While in New York he met with Joe Czerwinski from The Wine Advocate (Robert Parker’s) to talk to him about our current wines and preview some upcoming releases. We…
In somewhat surprising news, after 17 vintages working together, the Ashmead family has accepted the resignation of Richard Langford from the position of Senior Winemaker. Richard resigned in early June to take up a new opportunity with Michael Twelftree and the crew at Two Hands. Richard has given his all at Elderton. He entered…
by Jess Ruciack The Barossa is a fantastic place to visit year-round, with each season having its own perks. If you are planning on visiting the Barossa this winter, we’ve put together some information that might be handy and some insider tips and thoughts on what to see and do while you’re here enjoying the…
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Becoming a Commander
The Elderton COMMANDERS are our most loyal supporters, and we think they deserve to be a part of a special group. Membership is on an annual basis, updated each financial year.
Elderton customers are invited to be a COMMANDER if they have spent at least $1500 on wine through Cellar Door and the Eldertonian mailing list in the preceding financial year.
Members receive an individually numbered COMMANDER key tag which gives access to some great rewards. An added bonus is that Elderton Commanders has no membership fee.
Eldertonians are our friends, our supporters! Being an Eldertonian means you are on our mailing list and can receive our bi-annual Buzz Newsletter, special offers via email and invites to events at Elderton and in your home state.
You can also order wine online, view your past online orders and receive free door to door delivery anywhere in Australia, for orders over $175.