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Key
Cowra
Hastings River
Hilltops
Upper Hunter Valley
Riverina
Lower Hunter Valley
Tumbarumba
Mudgee
Canberra ACT
Orange
Shoalhaven Coast and
Lachlan Valley Southern Highlands
Gundagai

Mudgee’s high altitude and red • Port
soil produces intense red wines. Macquarie
Hunter River Manning River •
Taree
Goulbur n n River
r r
• Muswellbrook
Wallis
• Singleton Lake
Mudgee
Mudgee
•
Lake
Windamere
•
Newcastle The Hunter Valley was
Australia’s first successful wine
region and still thrives today.
Lithgow • •
Gosford Wine Regions
• • There are eight wine zones in NSW which contain
Bathurst • Windsor 23 regions. The Hunter Valley area is the most well
• Windsor
• known and justly famous for Semillon, Chardonnay,
Penrith Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. The cooler climate
• in Orange produces highly prized wines and the
Lake SYDNEY
Burragorang Riverina produces great dessert-style wines.
Abercrombie River
Mittagong • Wollongong
•
Key Facts
Moss Vale •
Location Grape Varieties
and Climate The principal
• • Nowra • The climate in varieties are
Goulburn New South Chardonnay and
Wales ranges Semillon for
Lake
George from Mediterranean-style to white, Shiraz and Cabernet
subtropical, tempered by Sauvignon for reds. Other local
varying altitudes and local grape varieties include Pinot
• Ulladulla topography. Valleys which trap Noir, Verdelho, Chambourcine
• and Riesling.
Braidwood regular rainfall and a range of
• Batemans Bay nutritious soils all benefit the
state’s wine production. Good Producers
Sydney’s position as Australia’s Tyrrells; Lake’s Folly;
premier gateway city means McWilliams; Montrose;
0 km 50
that NSW’s wineries are among Rosemount; Rothbury;
0 miles 50 the most accessible, especially Wyndham; Brokenwood;
those of the upper and lower Cassegrain; Drayton; De Bortoli;
Hunter Valley. Reynolds; Clonakilla.