The Tasmanian Government, through the Accelerating Agriculture policy, is providing an emergency fund of $100,000 to support rapid and early scientific grape testing by wine businesses in the case of future bushfire events. The fund will be administered by Wine Tasmania and will be available from 1 February 2022 until fully allocated.
The fund will offer a rebate of up to $1,000+GST per Tasmanian wine business on grape samples submitted for smoke testing as the result of a bushfire event, per season, until fully allocated.
Guidelines for the Tasmanian Wine Grape Smoke Testing Rebate Program are available
here.
Please ensure you fully read these guidelines and ensure you meet the eligibility criteria before proceeding with an application.