Developed as a casual range of wines, the Watagan series are principally made from grapes grown on Mount Vincent Estates Lower Hunter Valley vineyard. Named after the Watagan Ranges that surround Mount Vincent, the labels each depict separate sections of a large landscape painting that hangs in the private members room at the Lodge.

The art was commissioned in 1994 and was painted over a 12 month period by Lord Charles Gosford, an English Earl and graduate of the Royal Academy. Charles came to Australia in the early 1990's for a festival in the town that bears his name and never returned to Old Blighty. To this day, he resides in Gosford on the Central Coast of NSW.