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

See7

Makers1

Coffee1

Shops3

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.