Bendigo

Fast Facts

  • Latitude:
    36°45’S
  • Altitude:
    240–390 m
  • Heat degree days:
    1579
  • Growing season rainfall:
    267 mm
  • Mean January temp:
    21°C
  • Harvest:
    Mid March to end April
  • Chief viticultural hazard:
    Frost; drought

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Whether vines preceded or followed the discovery of gold at the end of 1851 is not clear, but in 1864 there were more than 40 vineyards in the Bendigo region. By 1880, 216 hectares supported over 100 wineries – a term which one must suppose included a lean-to at the back of a house containing a few wine barrels and a motley assortment of Heath Robinson- inspired pieces of winemaking equipment.

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