region · NSW · registered 1998

Cowra

Cowra is a registered Australian wine region inside the Central Ranges zone, with a hot climate and 931 hectares under vine. This atlas holds 3 wineries standing inside its boundary.

Climate
Hot · 25.2°C
Mean January temperature, 2005-2024
Under vine
931 ha
Planted vineyard area
Altitude
262–527 m
Range across the GI
Rainfall
635 mm
Annual; 398 mm in the growing season
Degree days
2,238
Growing degree days, October–April
Average crush
1,938 t
Tonnes, 2021-2025
Registered
1998
Entered on the Register of Protected GIs
Area
1,456 km²
Total area of the GI

The boundary

Wine Australia’s spatial interpretation of the GI’s legal description. Winery 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.

3,089
2,542
183
3,261
637
2,216
202020212022202320242025

Wineries3

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

Rosnay Cellar Door
Canowindra, NSW
The Vineyard Motel
Cowra, NSW
Windowrie Estate
Canowindra, NSW

Read the legal description of the Cowra 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.