Wineries in Victoria's Yarra Valley are turning busloads of eager customers away, while some close cellar doors altogether due to ongoing staff shortages.
A chef hand-delivering food to your table or a senior winemaker talking you through a cellar-door tasting might feel special, even intimate.
The irony is the 20 or so people who are seated in the winery's dining room over limited sittings are receiving a level of service Dylan McMahon is particularly proud of — he just wishes he could cater for more."It is a week-by-week proposition for opening our doors. Even this Friday, we are scrounging around. We've got a full restaurant and we don't have all our staff secured," he said.
A recent report from the National Skills Commission found 63 per cent of hospitality businesses experienced greater difficulty recruiting staff this year compared with 2020. Small Wineries Association of the Yarra Valley president Daniel Tokar said the issue had been "brewing for a while".
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