Wine Growth Fund
The Wine Growth Fund was a small grants program designed to support initiatives to develop the Victorian wine industry.
Overview
The Wine Growth Fund was a small grants program to support initiatives to develop the wine industry in Victoria.
The Wine Growth Fund forms part of the Victorian Government's $1 million commitment to support the Victorian wine industry. The Victorian Government also committed to establish the Wine Industry Ministerial Advisory Committee and deliver the Wine Industry Development Strategy. The Wine Industry Ministerial Advisory Committee provides guidance for the Fund, including input into guidelines and grant priorities.
The Wine Growth Fund is currently closed and the fund is not currently accepting applications.
Objectives of Program
The Wine Growth Fund aimed to develop and grow the wine industry in Victoria, and to support the industry to be viable and sustainable.
The key objectives of the Fund were to:
- support adaptation to a new industry operating environment
- increase visitation and expenditure within Victorian wine regions
- develop profitable and sustainable export markets
- strengthen industry structure and coordination
- Support investment and jobs.
Funding Details
Grants up to a maximum of $20,000 were available to individual organisations. Collaborative projects involving more than one organisation may be funded up to $50,000 per project.
Applicants were expected to make a financial contribution and/or source third-party funding. Grants were provided on a $1 for $1 basis. Matching funds may be from a variety of sources including from a group of wineries or growers, associations, regional organisations or the Australian Government. In-kind contributions are not accepted as part of the funding contribution.
Applications for the Wine Growth Fund are now closed and the fund is not currently accepting applications.
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Projects funded by this program
| Project Name | Region | Year | Amount Funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passing Clouds Pty Ltd: A Wine & Train Tourism Venture | Central Highlands | 2017 | CiC |
| Grape Farm Winery: Hospitality Expansion | Central Highlands | 2018 | CiC |
| Blue Pyrenees Estate Wine Education Centre | Central Highlands | 2018 | CiC |
| Summerfield Winery: Expansion of Cellar Door and creation of cafe | Central Highlands | 2018 | CiC |
| Quartz Hill Wines: Straw bale cellar door | Central Highlands | 2018 | CiC |
| Pizzini Wines: Kiln Transformation – Enhancing the Cellar Door Experience | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Darling Estate Wines: E-commerce Website Development | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Dal Zotto Wines: Vineyard Floor Management | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Sam Miranda King Valley: Cooking School and Function Area Redevelopment | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Lake Moodemere Vineyards: Cellar Door Expansion - Estate Experience | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Cofield Wines: Say It With Vino' and Website Upgrade | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Buller Wines: China Export Development Program | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Valhalla Wines Cellar Door Reinvigoration | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Rutherglen Estates: Upgrade of Irrigation and Associated Systems | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Chalmers Wines: Future Grapes Research Project | Mallee | 2018 | CiC |
| Tambo Wine: Function Centre Establishment | Gippsland | 2018 | CiC |
| Wine In A Glass Pty Ltd - Much More Than A Winery | Loddon Campaspe | 2018 | CiC |
| Glenmaggie Wines Cellar Door Facility | Gippsland | 2018 | CiC |
| Bass River Winery: Online Engagement Strategy between organic tourism and viticulture | Gippsland | 2018 | CiC |
| Baie Wines: Digital Innovation | Barwon | 2018 | CiC |
| Pondalowie Vineyards: Redevelopment of Online Marketing Strategy | Barwon | 2018 | CiC |
| Austins Wines: Moorabool Valley Wine Club | Central Highlands | 2018 | CiC |
| Hunter-Gatherer Vintners: Function Area Upgrade 2017 | Loddon Campaspe | 2018 | CiC |
| Balgownie Estate Bendigo: Glamping Experience at Balgownie | Loddon Campaspe | 2018 | CiC |
| Wilimee: Sustainable Vineyard Practices | Loddon Campaspe | 2018 | CiC |
| Fowles Wine: Upton Run Climate and Vineyard Management project | Goulburn | 2019 | CiC |
| AVBC Holding Pty Ltd - Amulet: Cellar Door Capacity Improvement Project | Ovens Murray | 2017 | CiC |
| Indigo Wine Company: Cellar Door Expansion | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Eldorado Road Cellar Door Redevelopment - Food and Wine Experience | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Gapsted Wines: Export Samples Preparation Facility | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Scion Vineyard Redevelopment of Cellar Door and Winery Experience | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Box Grove Vineyard Website Development | Goulburn | 2018 | CiC |
| Warrabilla Wines Website Upgrade 17/18 | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Alpine Wine Shop Upgrade and Complete Regional Cellar Door | Ovens Murray | 2018 | CiC |
| Welshmans Reef Vineyard: Automated Bottling Line | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Tellurian Heathcote: Cellar Door Expansion | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Taradale House: Cellar Door | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Lyons Will Estate: Winery Expansion | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Harcourt Produce & General Store: Vertically integrated offering of Harcourt Valley wines | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Heathcote Tourism & Development Inc.: Promotion of Heathcote wineries, cellar door and point of difference in the region | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Jasper Hill: Heathcote Weather Station Project | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Lake Cooper Estate: Glamping project at Lake Cooper Estate | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Ecothought Pty Ltd: Regional winery micro climate data collection project | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Domaine Asmara Pty Ltd: Automated Bottling Line | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Billy Button Wines: Winery Facilities and Equipment Upgrade | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Baie Wines: Collaborative undervine straw spreading initiative | Barwon | 2019 | CiC |
| Mt Duneed Estate: Cellar door relocation and expansion and commercial kitchen upgrade | Barwon | 2019 | CiC |
| Oakdene Wines Pty Ltd: Oakdene eCommerce project | Barwon | 2019 | CiC |
| Wine Geelong: Geelong Wine Region Roadshow to Melbourne | Barwon | 2019 | CiC |
| Wilson's Wine Tours: Air Asia & Wilson's Wine Tours Activation | Barwon | 2019 | CiC |
| South Gippsland Wine Company: South Gippsland Wine Company Solar Robotic Vineyard Project | Gippsland | 2019 | CiC |
| Pyrenees Grape Growers And Winemakers Association Inc: Avoca Food & Wine Festival 2018 | Central Highlands | 2018 | CiC |
| Grampians Winemakers: Grampians Winemakers Stands at Visitor Information Centres | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Sandy Farm Winery: Walking tracks | Central Highlands | 2018 | CiC |
| SubRosa Wines: Subrosa wine e-commerce and digital marketing training project | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Mitchell Harris Investment Trust: Urban Winemaking and Education Facility | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Eastern Peake Vineyard: Clemens double side undervine weeder | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Lethbridge Wines: Cellar Door Improvement Project | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Mount Langi Ghiran Winery: Premium wine processing line | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Garden Gully Grampians Wine: Grampians Estate Cellar Door Redevelopment Project | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Fallen Giants: Cellar door expansion | Wimmera Southern Mallee | 2019 | CiC |
| Victorian Wines Show Inc: 2017 Victorian Wine Show | Statewide | 2017 | CiC |
| Winemakers of Rutherglen Inc: Events Strategy and Lifecycle Plan | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Willem Kurt Wines & DB Winemaking: Production Facilities and Cellar Door Construction | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Vignerons Schmolzer and Brown: New Winery and Cellar Door | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Tourism North East: Wine Enthusiast Campaign | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Squires Winery: Squires Wine Cellar Door Development | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Politini's Vineyard Pty Ltd: New Cellar Door Development | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Pizzini Wines: Cellar Door Expansion | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Pfeiffer Wines: Processing and Winery Modernisation | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Jones Winery & Vineyard: Frost Fan to Protect Vineyard | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| James & Co. Wines: Cellar Door Redevelopment | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Indigo Wine Company Limited: Barrell Experience | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Feathertop Winery - Boyntons Australia Pty Ltd: Wine Production Tank | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Delatite Wines Pty Ltd: Cellar Door Expansion and Eco Tourism Experience | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Dal Zotto Wines Pty Ltd: Stainless Steel Wine Bin Investment | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Austins Wines Pty Ltd: Austin's Wine Bar - Cellar Door Expansion | Central Highlands | 2020 | CiC |
| Best's Wines Pty Ltd: Best's Wines Winery Redevelopment | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Blue Pyrenees Estate Pty Ltd: Regional Cross Flow Technology | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Brandmere Nominees Pty Ltd: Sustainable Viticulture Project | Central Highlands | 2017 | CiC |
| Captains Creek Organic Wines: Enhancing the Cellar Door Food and Wine Experience | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Bass River Winery: International Sales Platforms for Gippsland Wines | Gippsland | 2019 | CiC |
| Broken River Vineyards: Wine Bottle Labelling Equipment Upgrade | Goulburn | 2019 | CiC |
| Fowles Wine Pty Ltd: Expansion of Fowles Wine's Cellar Door and Cafe at Avenel | Goulburn | 2019 | CiC |
| Arundel Farm Estate: Improving water quality to improve grape quality | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| De Bortoli Wines Pty Ltd: Rutherglen Estates Upgrade of Irrigation & Associated Systems | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Douglas J Rathbone and Grantali Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Doug Rathbone 1996 Family Trust: Yering Station Cellar Door Experience | Greater Melbourne | 2017 | CiC |
| Easthill Estate: Easthill Estate Cellar Door Expansion | Greater Melbourne | 2017 | CiC |
| Elmswood Estate: Elmswood Estate 2017-2018 Marketing Project | Greater Melbourne | 2017 | CiC |
| Catherwood Sky Pty Ltd: Expansion to cellar door, verandah and upgrade to kitchen facilities | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Cobaw Ridge: Loft Accommodation | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Chalmers Wines Australia Pty Ltd: Winery Upgrade | Mallee | 2019 | CiC |
| All Saints Estate Pty Ltd: E-Commerce Domestic and International Markets | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Arlo Vintners: Cellar Door and Storage Development | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Beechworth Vignerons Association: E-commerce Platform and Marketing | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Pty Ltd: Family Cellar Development | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Buller Wines Pty Ltd and TFB Wine Investments Pty Ltd: Installation of Crossflow Filter | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Mountainside Wines: Cellar door kitchen creation | Central Highlands | 2019 | CiC |
| Victorian Wines Show Inc: Victorian Wine Show 2019 | Goulburn | 2019 | CiC |
| Grampians Estate Wine Company Pty. Ltd.: Grampians Estate Winery Café/Restaurant Feasibility Project | Central Highlands | 2018 | CiC |
| Guildford Vineyard and Cellar: 4 tonne Grape Project : adapting to new wine industry operating environment | Central Highlands | 2017 | CiC |
| Global City Connect: Wine product development for the Chinese Hot Pot market | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Granite Hills Wines Pty Ltd: Developing Export Growth into Asia | Loddon Campaspe | 2017 | CiC |
| Mount Camel Winery and Vineyard Pty Ltd: Rebuild of website | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Talbot Provedore and Eatery: Central Victorian Online Wine Store | Loddon Campaspe | 2019 | CiC |
| Yarra Valley Winegrowers Association: Yarra Valley Winegrowers Association- Members Resource & Tool Kit project | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Lone Star Creek Vineyard: Top Dam Irrigation Project | Greater Melbourne | 2017 | CiC |
| Mac Forbes Wines: Phylloxera Research project | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Ronald B & Sheila W Phelan: Establishment of a Wine Production Facility | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| The Trustee for Atkins & Davis Trust: Winery and Cellar Door Expansion | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Yarra Ranges Regional Marketing Ltd: Wine Promotion Project | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Yeringberg Pty Ltd: Feasibility Study - Expansion of Production & Retail | Greater Melbourne | 2018 | CiC |
| Melbourne Food and Wine Events Ltd: Food and Wine Victoria - Wine Month Feasibility Study | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Wine Victoria: Accelerate Adoption of Rootstocks for Premium Wine Production | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Nillumbik Estate: Wine cool storage extension | Greater Melbourne | 2017 | CiC |
| Queenstown Vineyards: Winery Equipment - Buttermans Track Wines | Greater Melbourne | 2018 | CiC |
| Shaws Road Winery: Expansion of capacity | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Port Phillip and Western Port Catchment Management Authority: Composting to improve wine outcomes | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| OHO Media Pty Ltd: OHO Media Project | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Shadowfax Winery Pty Ltd: Composter and closed loop system | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| Shadowfax Winery Pty Ltd: Shadowfax Wines Exports Plan | Greater Melbourne | 2019 | CiC |
| M Antonello: Water Security - Market Demand | Ovens Murray | 2019 | CiC |
| Grampians Tourism: Destination Marketing | Wimmera Southern Mallee | 2019 | CiC |
| Grampians Tourism: Extension of Project Manager Role for the Grampians and Pyrenees Wine and Culinary Master Plan Implementation Project | Wimmera Southern Mallee | 2020 | CiC |
| Gilmac (WA) Pty Ltd: St. Arnaud Hay Processing Facility | Wimmera Southern Mallee | 2018 | CiC |
| Wine Geelong: Support Local, Buy Local Digital Campaign | Barwon | 2019 | CiC |
- This may not be a comprehensive listing of all announced funding through the Wine Growth Fund
- CiC indicates the project funded amount is Commercial or Cabinet in Confidence