region · NSW · registered 1998

Riverina

Riverina is a registered Australian wine region inside the Big Rivers zone, with a hot climate and 17,247 hectares under vine. The Atlas holds 12 producers standing inside its boundary.

Climate

Hot · 26.5°C MJT

Mean January temperature, 2005-2024

Under vine

17,247 ha

Planted vineyard area

Altitude

66–540 m

Range across the GI

Rainfall

422 mm

Annual; 259 mm in the growing season

Degree days

2,526

Growing degree days, October–April

Average crush

290,791 t

Tonnes, 2021-2025

Registered

1998

Entered on the Register of Protected GIs

Area

77,974 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.

301,174
351,209
323,502
220,268
261,915
299,752
202020212022202320242025

Producers12

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

Eat15

See6

Makers1

Coffee1

Shops3

Shops1

Outdoors2

Experiences1

Read the legal description of the Riverina 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.