region · VIC · registered 1997

Rutherglen

Rutherglen is a registered Australian wine region inside the North East Victoria zone, with a hot climate and 778 hectares under vine. The Atlas holds 21 producers standing inside its boundary.

Climate

Hot · 24.3°C MJT

Mean January temperature, 2005-2024

Under vine

778 ha

Planted vineyard area

Altitude

122–592 m

Range across the GI

Rainfall

636 mm

Annual; 363 mm in the growing season

Degree days

2,049

Growing degree days, October–April

Average crush

3,229 t

Tonnes, 2021-2025

Registered

1997

Entered on the Register of Protected GIs

Area

998 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.

2,511
3,333
4,309
2,911
3,134
2,471
202020212022202320242025

Producers21

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

Eat1

Stay4

See2

Makers1

Coffee1

Outdoors1

Experiences1

Read the legal description of the Rutherglen 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.