Bendigo Wine

Bendigo Wine

The tradition of wine grape-growing in the Bendigo region is nearly as old as Bendigo itself, with the planting of vines being documented as far back as 1855 (Dunstan, 1994 and Halliday, 1985). Halliday cites Ebenezer Ward’s account of a visit to the Bendigo district in 1864 in which he saw vines at a vineyard on the Campaspe River "which cannot be less than fourteen or fifteen years old." Halliday notes that Ward, who had been hired by the Melbourne Age to write a survey of Victorian vineyards, found "more than 40 vineyards, most of which were still in their infancy, spreading from Bullock Creek in the west to the Campaspe River in the east."

The wines and wineries of the Bendigo area are now once again achieving renown, many winning gold medals at wine shows both in Victoria and inter-state.

Location

The Bendigo & District Winegrowers Association Inc.
PO Box 2288 BDC
Bendigo, VIC 3554
Australia
See map: Google Maps
Contact Info
Telephone: 
1300 656 650
Fax: 
(03) 5435 2548
Email: 
Email contact form
Web: 
http://www.bendigowine.org.au/

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