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an extra dropAustralia's Geographical Indications

The process of formally mapping Australia's wine regions is all but complete, although will never come to a complete halt - for one thing, climate change is lurking in the wings. The division into states, zones, regions and subregions follows; those regions or subregions marked with an asterisk are variously in an early, late or deadlocked stage of determination. In two instances I have gone beyond the likely finalisation: it makes no sense to me that the Hunter Valley should be a zone, the region Hunter, and then subregions which are all in the Lower Hunter Valley. I have elected to stick with the traditional division between the Upper Hunter Valley on the one hand, and the Lower on the other.

I am also in front of the game with Tasmania, dividing it into Northern, Southern and East Coast, and, to a lesser degree, have anticipated that the coastal hinterland region of Queensland will seek recognition under this or some similar name. Those regions and subregions marked with an asterisk have taken, or are likely to take, steps to secure registration; they may or may not persevere.




State/Zone Region Subregion
nsw
Big Rivers Murray Darling
Perricoota
Riverina
Swan Hill
 
Central Ranges Cowra
Mudgee
Orange
 
Hunter Valley Hunter Allandale*
Belford*
Broke Fordwich
Dalwood*
Pokolbin*
Rothbury*
Northern Rivers Hastings River  
Northern Slopes New England*  
South Coast Shoalhaven Coast
Southern Highlands
 
Southern NSW



Western Plains
Canberra District
Gundagai
Hilltops
Tumbarumba