region · VIC · registered 2002

Heathcote

Heathcote is a registered Australian wine region inside the Central Victoria zone, with a warm climate and 1,695 hectares under vine. This atlas holds 14 wineries standing inside its boundary.

Climate
Warm · 22.8°C
Mean January temperature, 2005-2024
Under vine
1,695 ha
Planted vineyard area
Altitude
112–599 m
Range across the GI
Rainfall
531 mm
Annual; 295 mm in the growing season
Degree days
1,850
Growing degree days, October–April
Average crush
8,529 t
Tonnes, 2021-2025
Registered
2002
Entered on the Register of Protected GIs
Area
1,913 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.

7,906
10,175
10,345
6,444
7,498
8,543
202020212022202320242025

Wineries14

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

Read the legal description of the Heathcote 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.