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Central Ranges is a wine zone and Australian geographical indication in the Central West of New South Wales. [1] It lies on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, west of the Blue Mountains. The Central Ranges zone contains three wine regions. From north to south, they are Mudgee, Orange, and Cowra, each named after the main town in ...
Mudgee is a wine region and Australian Geographical Indication in the Central Ranges zone in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is named for the town of Mudgee. [1] Grapes were first grown around Mudgee from 1858, reaching a peak of 55 vineyards in 1893. Large wineries started planting again from 1974.
The majority of grapes are grown in warm climate regions, including the Riverina, Murray Valley and Riverland wine regions, located in southern NSW, north western Victoria and South Australia. A 2019 report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission examined grape production in these areas and the myriad competition and consumer ...
Wine grapes mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degrees of latitude, in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, typically in regions of Mediterranean climate. Grapes will sometimes grow beyond this range, thus minor amounts of wine are made in some rather unexpected places.
Cowra is the southernmost, lowest altitude and warmest of the three regions in the Central Ranges zone. Vineyards began to be planted from 1973, and are predominantly irrigated white wine grapes. [2] The region is 1,250 square kilometres (480 sq mi) of the Lachlan River valley of New South Wales, including the towns of Cowra, Billimari and ...
Australia: Sub-regions: Porongurups, Mount Barker, Albany, Denmark and Frankland River: Soil conditions: The main soils are similar to that of the Margaret River (wine region); lateritic gravelly sandy loams (marri country) or sandy loams from granite and gneissic bedrocks. Typically brown to grey-brown in color, with the percentage of clay ...
McLaren Vale is a wine region in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Adelaide metropolitan area [4] and centred on the town of McLaren Vale about 38 kilometres (24 mi) south of the Adelaide city centre.
Orange is a wine region and Australian Geographical Indication in the Central Ranges zone in the Australian state of New South Wales.It is named for the town of Orange and defined as the contiguous area that is above 600 metres (2,000 ft) elevation within the City of Orange, Cabonne Shire and Blayney Shire.