Barossa Valley wine mecca to get its first luxury hotel

Michael BlebyDeputy property editor

Mar 19, 2025 – 2.30pm

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Operator IHG will open the first luxury hotel property in the Barossa Valley, Australia’s most famous wine region, after striking a 25-year agreement with developer Strategic Alliance for the construction of a 150-room Intercontinental-branded hotel costing about $100 million.

The InterContinental Barossa Resort & Spa would be built on a 21-hectare site on a hillside outside Lyndoch, looking north-west into the wine region. IHG Australasia Pacific managing director Matthew Tripolone said the region had no high-end accommodation offering of scale.

Michael Bleby covers commercial and residential property, with a focus on housing and finance, construction, design & architecture. He also dabbles in the business of sport. Michael is based in Melbourne.