Wild Duck Creek Estate is one of over 200 wine and cider businesses across Australia to benefit from the grant, which will help to support producers to invest in infrastructure upgrades to improve their cellar doors and enabled cellar doors to host additional wine events to attract visitors. 

The $55,916 received by Wild Duck Creek Estate will be used to renovate a building to be utilised as their cellar door. This includes floor sanding and finishing, installation of cabinetry and the creating of a wheelchair access pathway from the carpark.

This grant round will see wineries around Australia share in $10 million of new funding, including 43 in Victoria.

The Bendigo electorate is home to the best of the best of Australia’s over 2,000 wineries, 6,000 grape growers and 65 wine regions.

While international demand for our wine is increasing following the removal of duties on bottled wine to China, and the value of Australian wine exports has been increasing, it’s important to also focus on growth within the domestic market. 

The Federal Labor Government is committed to helping Australia’s grape and wine sector thrive and is also delivering a multimillion package to boost the sector’s long-term viability. 

The Government’s $3.5 million Grape and Wine Sector Long-Term Viability Package includes the establishment of a new National Vineyard Register and an independent impact analysis of the sector’s current rules concerning fair trading, competitive relationships, contracting practices and risk allocation.  


Quotes attributable to the Federal Member for Bendigo, Lisa Chesters MP:

“This grant program demonstrates the Federal Labor Government’s commitment to the growth and success of the wine and cider industries.

“It provides support to Bendigo’s wine businesses, including those that have faced challenges in recent years.

“Funding like this is building on our Government’s work to rebuild trade around the world and provides crucial support for the industry to thrive well into the future.”