region · NSW · registered 2002

Southern Highlands

Southern Highlands is a registered Australian wine region inside the South Coast zone, with a mild climate and 140 hectares under vine. The Atlas holds 16 producers standing inside its boundary.

Climate

Mild · 20.8°C MJT

Mean January temperature, 2005-2024

Under vine

140 ha

Planted vineyard area

Altitude

54–906 m

Range across the GI

Rainfall

941 mm

Annual; 631 mm in the growing season

Degree days

1,624

Growing degree days, October–April

Average crush

26 t

Tonnes, 2021-2025

Registered

2002

Entered on the Register of Protected GIs

Area

2,687 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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Producers16

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

Eat9

Stay9

See5

Makers4

Shops6

Shops2

Outdoors2

Experiences1

Read the legal description of the Southern Highlands 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.