[2] In the late 1970s Neil and Lorraine Ashmead returned from the Middle East, settling on the Barossa Valley as the place to raise their sons.

In 1979 the Ashmeads purchased the Estate vineyard, which was planted in 1894 by Samuel Elderton Tolley.

[5] Elderton also won the World’s Best Shiraz Trophy at the 2000 London International Wine & Spirits Competition.

[9][10] In 2017, the cellar door tasting rooms and sales outlet were moved into the old homestead surrounded by vineyards.

[11] Elderton produces around 30,000 cases of wine per year, depending on vintage conditions.