region · VIC · registered 2002

Heathcote

Heathcote is a registered Australian wine region inside the Central Victoria zone, with a warm climate and 1,695 hectares under vine. The Atlas holds 18 producers standing inside its boundary.

Climate

Warm · 22.8°C MJT

Mean January temperature, 2005-2024

Under vine

1,695 ha

Planted vineyard area

Altitude

112–599 m

Range across the GI

Rainfall

531 mm

Annual; 295 mm in the growing season

Degree days

1,850

Growing degree days, October–April

Average crush

8,529 t

Tonnes, 2021-2025

Registered

2002

Entered on the Register of Protected GIs

Area

1,913 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.

7,906
10,175
10,345
6,444
7,498
8,543
202020212022202320242025

Producers18

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

Eat1

Stay1

Makers1

Outdoors1

Read the legal description of the Heathcote 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.