Marciano Table Grapes

Marciano Table Grapes, one of Australia’s top grape growers from Mildura, is establishing a $10 million horticultural project in Hughenden.

The company will cultivate a minimum of 80 hectares of grapes. It will be the first development under the Flinders Shire Council’s 15 Mile Irrigated Agricultural Development project that is diversifying industries in the region.

The location will allow Marciano to take advantage of the warm weather in Hughenden to grow early season grapes that are available in October and November. The locally grown grapes will reduce the need for imports from California and will come with the longer shelf life and lower quarantine risk.

The project will create at least 34 new full-time equivalent jobs by 2025. The new jobs will be a combination of permanent staff, those on-site over the six-month growing period, and then up to 90 to 100 people required over the three-month harvest.