zone · SA · registered 1996

Far North

Far North is a registered Australian wine zone, with a hot climate and 176 hectares under vine. The Atlas holds 3 producers standing inside its boundary.

Climate

Hot · 28.8°C MJT

Mean January temperature, 2005-2024

Under vine

176 ha

Planted vineyard area

Rainfall

186 mm

Annual; 128 mm in the growing season

Degree days

3,160

Growing degree days, October–April

Average crush

740 t

Tonnes, 2021-2025

Registered

1996

Entered on the Register of Protected GIs

Area

858,296 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.

691
1,262
1,197
599
172
480
202020212022202320242025

Regions within

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

Producers3

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

Eat15

Stay15

See14

Makers1

Coffee1

Shops2

Outdoors12

Experiences11

Read the legal description of the Far North 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.