zone · NSW · registered 1996

Northern Slopes

Northern Slopes is a registered Australian wine zone, with a hot climate and 115 hectares under vine. The Atlas holds 12 producers standing inside its boundary.

Climate

Hot · 23.8°C MJT

Mean January temperature, 2005-2024

Under vine

115 ha

Planted vineyard area

Rainfall

750 mm

Annual; 530 mm in the growing season

Degree days

2,216

Growing degree days, October–April

Average crush

18 t

Tonnes, 2021-2025

Registered

1996

Entered on the Register of Protected GIs

Area

88,587 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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Regions within

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

Producers11

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

Eat21

Stay3

See20

Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place

Armidale, NSW

Australian Poetry Hall of Fame

Guyra, NSW

Australian Standing Stones

Glen Innes, NSW

Chaucer on Bridge Street

Uralla, NSW

Coonabarabran Discovery Centre & Observatory

Coonabarabran, NSW

Glen Innes History & Heritage Centre

Glen Innes, NSW

Glen Innes Land of the Beardies History House

Glen Innes, NSW

Inverell Art Gallery

Inverell, NSW

Inverell Botanic Gardens

Inverell, NSW

Inverell Pioneer Village

Inverell, NSW

Moree Plains Gallery

Moree, NSW

Narrabri Museum & Gallery

Narrabri, NSW

National Trust Saumarez Homestead

Armidale, NSW

New England Regional Art Museum

Armidale, NSW

Quirindi Rural Heritage Village Museum

Quirindi, NSW

Sir Henry Parkes School of Arts Museum

Tenterfield, NSW

Tamworth Regional Botanic Garden

Tamworth, NSW

Tamworth Regional Gallery

Tamworth, NSW

Tenterfield Railway Museum

Tenterfield, NSW

Tenterfield Saddler Heritage Centre

Tenterfield, NSW

Makers1

Coffee2

Shops10

Shops4

Outdoors10

Experiences3

Read the legal description of the Northern Slopes 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.