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Grampians tourism leader has urged the region to make the most of healthy stocks of high-quality wine to support wine producers and makers devastated by frost.
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Grampians Tourism chief executive Marc Sleeman said people could help ensure the region maintained its standing as one of the best wine regions in Australia and the world by simply visiting cellar doors. He said freakish late-season frost that wreaked widespread havoc on a variety of regional crops on Novem-
ber 3 had also destroyed much of the expected Grampians wine vintage. But he quickly added there was plenty of ‘exceptional’ wine in storage and circumstances presented an ideal opportunity for people to show their support for the Grampians industry. “Yes this frost has pretty much destroyed the vintage and it is something the winegrowers and makers won’t fully feel until 12 months down the track. But it hasn’t destroyed the will of our local winemakers to continue to make the best wines in Victoria,” he said. “The industry has endured this type
of weather event in the past and bounced back, and the reality is that there is a lot of confidence in the quality of what’s happening in the Grampians. “Sometimes we’re not quite sure if people realise just how good the wineries are in the Grampians. “Of the 800 wineries in Victoria, less than eight percent are five-star James Halliday-rated. “In the Grampians that figure climbs to more than 50 percent. In saying that, it is the support from the region that can help the industry rebound strongly. The vintage might be down but the cellar door is still open.”
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The frost, one of the latest recorded in the region, caused severe damage to a wide cross-section of crops across the region and beyond. Historic Best’s Great Western winery, dating back to the mid-1800s, was among Grampians vineyards hit hard, losing about 25 hectares of grapes. Managing director and vineyard manager Ben Thomson, who has been busy trying to nurse vines back to health since the frost, said efforts now involved getting the vines to be as productive again as quickly as possible. Continued page 3
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