Wine Regions
Any grape grown in New South Wales can be included in wine produced under the "Southeastern Australia" appellation which also includes grapes grown in Victoria, Tasmania and parts of Queensland and South Australia. The state has eight larger Australian Geographical Indication (GI) zones which are divided into smaller regions and occasionally, sub-regions as follows:
- Big Rivers-Includes the regions of Perricoota, Riverina plus Murray Darling and Swan Hill which are shared with the state of Victoria.
- Central Ranges-Includes the regions of Cowra, Mudgee and Orange.
- Hunter Valley-Includes the Upper and Lower Hunter plus the sub-region Broke Fordwich.
- Northern Rivers-Includes the region of Hastings River.
- Northern Slopes-Includes the region of New England.
- South Coast-Includes the regions of Shoalhaven Coast and Southern Highlands.
- Southern New South Wales-Includes the regions of Canberra District, Gundagai, Hilltops and Tumbarumba.
- Western Plains-No current region GIs.
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