region · NSW · registered 1998

Riverina

Riverina is a registered Australian wine region inside the Big Rivers zone, with a hot climate and 17,247 hectares under vine. This atlas holds 10 wineries standing inside its boundary.

Climate
Hot · 26.5°C
Mean January temperature, 2005-2024
Under vine
17,247 ha
Planted vineyard area
Altitude
66–540 m
Range across the GI
Rainfall
422 mm
Annual; 259 mm in the growing season
Degree days
2,526
Growing degree days, October–April
Average crush
290,791 t
Tonnes, 2021-2025
Registered
1998
Entered on the Register of Protected GIs
Area
77,974 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.

301,174
351,209
323,502
220,268
261,915
299,752
202020212022202320242025

Wineries10

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

Baratto Wines
Hanwood, NSW
Berton Vineyards
Yenda, NSW
Calabria Family Wines
Griffith, NSW
Charles Sturt Winery
Wagga Wagga, NSW
Cottontail Wines
Eunanoreenya, NSW
De Bortoli Wines Griffith
Bilbul, NSW
Meditrina Beverages
Tharbogang, NSW
Mino & Co Wines
Hanwood, NSW
Nugan Estate
Willbriggie, NSW
Yarran Wines
Yenda, NSW

Read the legal description of the Riverina 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.