region · NSW · registered 1997

Orange

Orange is a registered Australian wine region inside the Central Ranges zone, with a warm climate and 1,060 hectares under vine. This atlas holds 29 wineries standing inside its boundary.

Climate
Warm · 21.8°C
Mean January temperature, 2005-2024
Under vine
1,060 ha
Planted vineyard area
Altitude
376–1390 m
Range across the GI
Rainfall
797 mm
Annual; 489 mm in the growing season
Degree days
1,608
Growing degree days, October–April
Average crush
3,423 t
Tonnes, 2021-2025
Registered
1997
Entered on the Register of Protected GIs
Area
3,422 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.

1,634
3,440
4,358
4,310
3,437
4,392
202020212022202320242025

Wineries29

These premises stand inside the Orange 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 Orange 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.