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.

Producers12

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.

Eat19

See17

Makers1

Coffee2

Shops9

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.