AUSTRALIA | Local wine and cider businesses across Australia have been supported by the Government's latest tourism grant programme.
The Albanese Labor Government has supported more than 200 wine and cider businesses across Australia through the latest round of the Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant Program.
This funding will help to build on the success of Australian wine regions and promote agri-tourism.
Through this grant round, wineries around Australia will share in AUD $10 million of new funding, including 74 businesses in South Australia, 43 in Victoria, 36 in New South Wales, 34 in Western Australia, 11 in Tasmania and three in Queensland.
Previous grant rounds have supported producers to invest in infrastructure upgrades to improve their cellar doors and enabled cellar doors to host additional wine events to attract visitors.
Since the first round of the grants program opened, the government has provided $60 million to support wineries and cellar door operators to attract visitors to Australian wine regions and promote agri-tourism.
Australia’s wine industry is made up of over 2,000 wineries and 6,000 grape growers, across 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 Albanese 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 AUD $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.
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Julie Collins said that the grant programme has demonstrated the Albanese Labor Government’s commitment to the growth and success of the wine and cider industries.
“It provides support to Australian wine businesses, including those that have faced challenges in recent years,” said Collins.
“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.”
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