Big Rivers

Big Rivers is a registered Australian wine zone, with a hot climate and 25,213 hectares under vine. The Atlas holds 23 producers standing inside its boundary.

Climate

Hot · 26.7°C MJT

Mean January temperature, 2005-2024

Under vine

25,213 ha

Planted vineyard area

Rainfall

372 mm

Annual; 230 mm in the growing season

Degree days

2,586

Growing degree days, October–April

Average crush

441,712 t

Tonnes, 2021-2025

Registered

1996

Entered on the Register of Protected GIs

Area

200,103 km²

Total area of the GI

The boundary

Wine Australia’s spatial interpretation of the GI’s legal description. Producer pins are placed by their own coordinates — this map is how each one was assigned.

Crush by vintage

Tonnes crushed, as reported to Wine Australia. A short bar is a small vintage — frost, drought or fire — not a small region.

486,742
558,353
474,831
329,080
399,106
454,328
202020212022202320242025

Regions within

Each is its own Geographical Indication. A wine grown here may be labelled with either name.

Producers23

These premises stand inside the Big Rivers boundary. Where a producer sources its fruit, and what appears on its label, is the producer’s to state.

Eat29

Bah Bah Food & Wine by Stockinpiggle

Cootamundra, NSW

Bells Milk Bar

Broken Hill, NSW

Bertoldo's Pasticceria

Griffith, NSW

Blacksmith Provedore

Mulwala, NSW

Codemo Smallgoods

Griffith, NSW

Dux

Albury, NSW

Embr Moama

Moama, NSW

Il Corso Cafe

Griffith, NSW

Junction Moama

Moama, NSW

Junee Hotel

Junee, NSW

Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory

Junee, NSW

Knights Deli

Wagga Wagga, NSW

La Piccola Grosseria & Italian Deli

Griffith, NSW

Limone Dining

Griffith, NSW

Little Italy Restaurant Griffith

Griffith, NSW

Meccanico Espresso + Wine

Wagga Wagga, NSW

Moama Bakery

Moama, NSW

Monumental Ice Creamery

Albury, NSW

Pages on Pine Restaurant & Grill

Leeton, NSW

Quincey Jones Jelly & Preserves Co

Moama, NSW

Riverina Hotel Wagga

Wagga Wagga, NSW

Sufi Bakery

Broken Hill, NSW

The Depot

Deniliquin, NSW

The Old Bank Tocumwal

Tocumwal, NSW

The Old Salt Bush

Broken Hill, NSW

The Palace Hotel Broken Hill

Broken Hill, NSW

Uneke Lounge

Wagga Wagga, NSW

Valentines Artisan Sourdough

Wagga Wagga, NSW

Wollundry Grove Olives

Brucedale, NSW

Stay4

See17

Makers2

Coffee5

Shops8

Shops3

Outdoors6

Experiences3

Read the legal description of the Big Rivers GI →

Boundary and regional statistics: Geographical Indications of Australia, © Wine Australia, used under CC BY 4.0. The boundary shown is Wine Australia’s spatial interpretation of the GI’s legal textual description; where the two differ, the text prevails. Synced 25 August 2026.