The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of fires that burnt large areas of rural Victoria on and around 7 February 2009 , resulting in the death of 173 people . The wine region was threatened by three of the major fire complexes - Kinglake/Marysville , Dandenong Ranges & Maroondah/Yarra - and townships of Yarra Glen , Steels Creek and Dixons Creek were all heavily affected . Yering Station , Sticks , Punt Road , St Huberts and Domaine Chandon all reported losing some amount of fruit to spot fires . Mornington Peninsula winemaker Tom Carson 's Serrat vineyard was destroyed . The Yarra Valley Wine Growers Association estimates that around 25 percent of viticultural area was threatened or impacted by fires , and around have been damaged or destroyed , approximately 5 percent of the total planted area . In most places fire caused little direct damage to vines , but huge amounts of fruit were lost due to smoke taint
Black Saturday bushfires
Black Saturday bushfires
Yarra Valley (wine)