NORTH East business Billy Button Wines delayed opening its second cellar door due to bushfires earlier this year only to have to close it due to the coronavirus crisis.
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With this year's vintage impacted by smoke, Billy Button winemaker Jo Marsh said the new cellar door at Myrtleford had been a positive development until its closure in mid-March.
"We're lucky we still have our Bright cellar door open for cheese and wine sales because 90 per cent of our market was in restaurants," she said.
IN OTHER NEWS:
This week Gourmet Traveller Wine Australia's Best Cellar Door Awards 2020 rated Billy Button Cellar Door a Star Cellar Door and Best Small Cellar Door in the Alpine Valleys.
Gapsted Wines scored Best Large Cellar Door, Food and Additional Experience in the same category.
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