region · NSW · registered 1998
Hilltops
Hilltops is a registered Australian wine region inside the Southern New South Wales zone, with a hot climate and 594 hectares under vine. The Atlas holds 6 producers standing inside its boundary.
Climate
Hot · 23.9°C MJT
Mean January temperature, 2005-2024
Under vine
594 ha
Planted vineyard area
Altitude
249–716 m
Range across the GI
Rainfall
658 mm
Annual; 393 mm in the growing season
Degree days
1,960
Growing degree days, October–April
Average crush
1,016 t
Tonnes, 2021-2025
Registered
1998
Entered on the Register of Protected GIs
Area
3,143 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.
Producers6
These premises stand inside the Hilltops boundary. Where a producer sources its fruit, and what appears on its label, is the producer’s to state.
Eat6
See2
Coffee1
Shops1
Read the legal description of the Hilltops 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.