region · SA · registered 2000

Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is a registered Australian wine region inside the Fleurieu zone, with a mild climate and 144 hectares under vine. The Atlas holds 9 producers standing inside its boundary.

Climate

Mild · 20.0°C MJT

Mean January temperature, 2005-2024

Under vine

144 ha

Planted vineyard area

Altitude

0–316 m

Range across the GI

Rainfall

602 mm

Annual; 194 mm in the growing season

Degree days

1,611

Growing degree days, October–April

Average crush

159 t

Tonnes, 2021-2025

Registered

2000

Entered on the Register of Protected GIs

Area

4,405 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.

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Producers9

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

Eat7

Stay9

Coffee1

Shops1

Outdoors4

Experiences7

Read the legal description of the Kangaroo Island 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.