region · VIC · registered 1997

Rutherglen

Rutherglen is a registered Australian wine region inside the North East Victoria zone, with a hot climate and 778 hectares under vine. This atlas holds 19 wineries standing inside its boundary.

Climate
Hot · 24.3°C
Mean January temperature, 2005-2024
Under vine
778 ha
Planted vineyard area
Altitude
122–592 m
Range across the GI
Rainfall
636 mm
Annual; 363 mm in the growing season
Degree days
2,049
Growing degree days, October–April
Average crush
3,229 t
Tonnes, 2021-2025
Registered
1997
Entered on the Register of Protected GIs
Area
998 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.

2,511
3,333
4,309
2,911
3,134
2,471
202020212022202320242025

Wineries19

These premises stand inside the Rutherglen 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 Rutherglen 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.