Wine cycling tour of Tassie raises $35,000 to minimise alcohol harm

A dozen wine industry professionals from across Australia have raised thousands of dollars and ridden hundreds of kilometres in a safe-drinking fundraiser. But the Wine Peloton’s seven-day cycling tour through Tasmania’s grape growing districts was tough going for many of the riders. “I can tell you the legs hurt and the bum hurts,” winemaker Drew Tuckwell said.