Orange
Nº 29 · 33.3°S 149.1°E · Sydney 200 km
Search across Orange
Orange's density of small-batch wine producers dominates this data, with cellar doors spread across Orange itself, Nashdale, Canobolas, Lucknow and Lidster — high-altitude sites that keep coming up as a defining feature. Coffee roasting, a saddlery, a chocolate maker in Millthorpe and a cluster of gardens and galleries in Orange round out a picture of a farming district that has built a serious food and drink culture on volcanic soil and cool elevation, rather than one geared toward mass tourism. The spread across small towns like Molong and Emu Swamp suggests production is scattered through the surrounding countryside, with Orange as the service and cultural hub.
Best time to visit
Cool-climate elevation shapes this district, so cellar doors and gardens are likely at their best across the milder growing season into harvest, when vineyards are active and rose and botanic plantings are in leaf or bloom. Winters at altitude will be cold, favouring indoor gallery and tasting-room visits over outdoor wandering.
What sets it apart
What sets this area apart is depth rather than breadth: 36 of 46 listings are wine, cider or drink producers, clustered at genuine altitude across Orange, Nashdale, Canobolas and Lucknow rather than concentrated in one strip. Culture is present but thin — four gallery and garden listings, one saddlery, one chocolate maker — meaning the region's identity is built almost entirely around its growers and cellar doors, with everything else acting as support rather than counterweight.
Where to start
Generated from 46 verified listings · Last updated 6 July 2026
Coming in October
- Cherry harvestProduceOctober–February · Australian season; local picking is usually shorter
Ladders down the rows, and fruit that will not wait — cherries are picked by hand and sold within days.
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Towns & localities
Guides to Orange
Wine regions in Orange
Geographical Indications — the legal names a wine may carry. Each number is the producers on the Atlas here, placed inside the GI by their own coordinates.
Highlights
A selection of standout places across Orange
Thornbrook Orchard
Up on Nashdale Lane, in the cool folds of hills that give Orange its reputation…
ShopsPerennialle Plants
On the historic main street of Canowindra, inside a carefully restored heritage…
Wine & spiritsSee Saw Wines
See Saw Wine is a family-owned business that has been producing cool-climate…
Places to stayThe Oriana Orange
The Oriana Orange is an independent hotel in Orange, NSW, offering…
NatureBorenore Karst Conservation Reserve
Ancient limestone country west of Orange where a band of karst breaks the…
VintageRevive Antiques and Decor
An Orange dealer stocked deep with antique furniture and home décor — thousands…
Wine & spirits
Angullong Wines
Millthorpe, NSW
The Crossing family has farmed this property since 1950 — sheep, cattle, and now Shiraz and other…
Badlands Brewery
Orange, NSW
This working brewery and taproom offers 15 house brewed beers, local wines, cocktails and local…
Bloodwood Wines
Orange, NSW
Forty years in Orange's cool hills, Bloodwood hand-prunes, hand-picks and hand-makes every bottle…
Borrodell Vineyard, Cellar Door & Wedding Venue
Orange, NSW
Borry Gartrell bought this 135-acre Orange property in 1964 and spent decades hauling eroded…
Brangayne of Orange
Orange, NSW
The Hoskins family had an orchard here from the 1930s, and Donal and Pamela put vines in it in…
Cargo Road Wines
Orange, NSW
On Mount Canobolas' northern slopes, vigneron James Sweetapple has farmed the same deep red basalt…
ChaLou Wines
Emu Swamp, NSW
ChaLou is a family-run winery in Orange, NSW, owned by winemakers Nadja Wallington and Steve Mobbs.…
Colmar Estate
Canobolas, NSW
Colmar Estate is a family-owned winery focused on making premium, cool climate wines from…
Country Brewer - Central West
Orange, NSW
Supplies for brewing, wine making, distilling, cheese making, sausage making, bacon, jerky, food…
De Salis Wines
Orange, NSW
At 1050 metres on Mount Canobolas, winemaker Mitch Svenson ferments dry-grown Pinot Noir and…
Demoiselle Distillery
Panuara, NSW
Australia's first dedicated absinthe distillery, running since 2012 on a farm in the Central…
Dindima Wines and Cellar Door
Nashdale, NSW
The name comes from the Wiradjuri word for "group of stars." The wines, made by James Bell from…
Museums & galleries
Amusu Theatre & Movie Museum
Manildra, NSW
A purpose-built Art Deco picture theatre of 1936, run continuously ever since by the family of…
Canowindra Historical Society Museum
Canowindra, NSW
Run entirely by volunteers since 1967, this historical society museum houses a unique collection…
Grenfell Art Gallery
Grenfell, NSW
Behind a heritage exterior on Grenfell's main street, the Community Hub opens into a room lit from…
Molong Historical Museum
Molong, NSW
A volunteer-run historical museum preserving the heritage and history of Molong and the Central…
Orange Botanic Garden
Orange, NSW
Set on a volcanic hillside above Orange, the Orange Botanic Garden celebrates the cool-climate…
Orange Botanic Gardens
Orange, NSW
Orange Botanic Gardens is a long-established botanical garden in Orange, NSW. The garden showcases…
Orange Civic Theatre & Gallery
Orange, NSW
Orange Civic Theatre & Gallery is a long-established cultural centre in Orange, NSW. The cultural…
Orange Regional Gallery
Orange, NSW
A centre for art in the Central West of New South Wales, the gallery sits on Byng Street in Orange…
Rosebank Millthorpe
Millthorpe, NSW
A 1902 building on Victoria Street restored into a small complex: Jenny Beach's studio and gallery,…
The Age Of Fishes Museum
Canowindra, NSW
In 1955 a bulldozer flipped a rock on a road outside Canowindra and a local named Bill Simpson…
Places to stay
Basalt Orange
Canobolas, NSW
Borrodell Estate
Orange, NSW
Cargo Inn
Cargo, NSW
A historic community gathering place established in 1868, this boutique accommodation offers a…
Dairy Park Farm Stay
Mandurama, NSW
Five generations of Molloys have run this 1,100-hectare Central Tablelands sheep and cattle…
de Russie Boutique Hotel
Orange, NSW
Lakeview Luxury Retreat
Canobolas, NSW
Ten minutes from Orange at Canobolas, three private villas sit above Lake Canobolas with the water…
Nashdale Lane
Nashdale, NSW
Rowlee Wines Guesthouse
Nashdale, NSW
Silverdown
Orange, NSW
Sona
Molong, NSW
A lovingly restored bank and Bank Manager's quarters seamlessly blending history with contemporary…
Strawhouse Vineyard
Orange, NSW
The Old Vic Hotel
Canowindra, NSW
Fifteen rooms over a bar on Gaskill Street, behind timber arches and iron lace. The Walshes opened…
Nature
Borenore Karst Conservation Reserve
Borenore, NSW
Ancient limestone country west of Orange where a band of karst breaks the surface in caves and…
Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre
Cowra, NSW
In 1960 the Japanese government brought its war dead from around Australia to be reburied at Cowra,…
Lake Canobolas Reserve
Nashdale, NSW
The reservoir at the foot of Mount Canobolas, dammed in 1918 as Meadow Creek Reservoir to supply…
Mount Canobolas State Conservation Area
Orange, NSW
A dormant volcano south-west of Orange that last erupted around 11 million years ago, part of an…
Orange Botanic Gardens
Orange, NSW
Seventeen hectares of undulating ground on the edge of Orange, planted with native and exotic…
Verandah Cave
Borenore, NSW
An hour's walk from the Borenore picnic area along Boree Creek trail, seven kilometres return over…
Shops
Jumbled
Orange, NSW
Pip Brett's maximalist homewares store in Orange, run on a 'mixing, not matching' philosophy that…
Molong Stores
Molong, NSW
Robert Carroll sells hats out of a colonial building on Bank Street and takes it seriously:…
Orange Cellars
Orange, NSW
Orange's cool-climate wine region produces more labels than most bottle shops bother to stock, but…
Perennialle Plants
Canowindra, NSW
On the historic main street of Canowindra, inside a carefully restored heritage building, this is a…
Food & dining
Argyle Australian Saffron
Lidster, NSW
A farm at Lidster near Orange growing and hand-harvesting premium Australian saffron, threads…
Chocolate On Purpose
Millthorpe, NSW
Chocolate On Purpose is an Aboriginal-owned, female-led chocolate maker on Wiradyuri Country at…
Fiorini's Osteria Italiana
Orange, NSW
Two Roman women ran this cottage on Canobolas Road for twenty-five years before one of them handed…
Fourjay Farms
Forest Reefs, NSW
A family hazelnut orchard at Forest Reefs near Orange that grows, harvests, cracks and roasts its…
Franklin Road Preserves
Orange, NSW
A maker of handmade pickles, chutneys, relishes and sauces built on organically grown vegetables…
Hillside Harvest
Orange, NSW
Ten minutes out of Orange, where the highway gives way to the rolling hills of Borenore, Hillside…
Lucetta Dining
Orange, NSW
An Italian kitchen on Lords Place in the heart of Orange, cooking with an authentic, local hand.…
Nashdale Orchards
Orange, NSW
The road up to Nashdale Orchards climbs into the foothills of Mount Canobolas, that volcanic high…
Racine Bakery
Orange, NSW
A standalone artisan bakery on Summer Street in central Orange, dealing in real organic sourdough,…
Raku Izakaya
Orange, NSW
A modern Japanese izakaya on Orange's Summer Street, working Japanese technique and sauces through…
Royal Hotel Carcoar
Carcoar, NSW
The last pub standing in Carcoar, a National Trust-classified village in the NSW central west,…
Spilt Milk Bar
Orange, NSW
A gelato bar on Sale Street in Orange, in the New South Wales Central West. Gelato is churned fresh…
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