Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant – Round 5

The Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant program supports producers who add value by encouraging visitors to wine regions. Wine and cider producers will be able to access an annual grant reflective of their eligible physical cellar door sales.

The program is part of a coordinated suite of measures developed with the Australian wine industry after extensive consultations on reforms to the Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) rebate arrangements.

The objective of the Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant is to support producers who add value by encouraging visitors to wine regions, and thereby encourage wine tourism.

Wine or cider producers who have met the eligibility criteria will be able to access an annual grant of up to $100,000 (GST exclusive) for their eligible rebatable domestic cellar door sales. Total funding under the grant program will be capped at $10 million each financial year.

To be eligible for the Wine Tourism and Cellar Door Grant applicants must:

1. be a wine or cider producer
2. be a legal entity registered for GST and with an active ABN
3. have made at least $1,207,000 (GST exclusive) in sales of rebatable wine in the relevant financial year
4. accrue rebatable domestic cellar door sales in excess of any such sales used to meet the $1,207,000 (GST exclusive) threshold in the relevant financial year
5. have paid the WET on all eligible sales used as part of the application
6. have owned or leased a physical cellar door in Australia in the relevant financial year, and/or their related entity/ies have owned or leased a physical cellar door in Australia in the relevant financial year.
7. have a liquor licence valid in the relevant financial year